Level 4 Award in British Sign Language

Enrich your grammatical BSL skills and broaden your language…

Level 4 British Sign Language

This course will be covered through three separate Learning Outcomes covering a range of assessment criteria and topic-related vocabulary.

We will focus on ‘Language Development’ whilst covering the six topics listed. You will also cover Linguistics and how to prepare for your exams.

Before being accepted into this course, you will need to take part in an online or face-to-face interview to ensure that your current BSL skills are at the required level.

Exam Breakdown:

The exams for Level 4 will be in the following format:

Assessment Method Duration
Formal Presentation
External
10-12mins
Informal Conversation
External
12-14mins
Receptive Skills
External
15mins

What you will learn:

  • Learning Outcome 1 – Use receptive and productive skills to engage in extended social interaction.

  • Learning Outcome 2 – Maintain fluency, grammatical accuracy, and coherence in sustained contributions containing extended language.

  • Learning Outcome 3 – Understand sustained signed communication containing extended language.

Topics:

  • Employment and Business
  • Education
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Society and Politics
  • Science and Technology
  • Media and Culture 

Fast Tracking

The most popular way of completing a Level 4 course is through the delivery of a ‘Fast Track’ course with a duration of 3 hours per class over 37 weeks to give candidates the opportunity to complete their training as quickly as possible.

Please note, our Online course is delivered in shorter 2 hour sessions and therefore runs for longer than 37 weeks. Our Online course is delivered via Zoom.

Times

Course Period: 37 weeks (Face-to-Face) or 37+ weeks (Online)

Monday Evening Course: 5:00pm – 7:45pm (Begins 09/09/24)

Tuesday Online Course: 10:00am – 12:00pm (Begins 10/09/24)

These courses run weekly, following Kent School term times. During half term and holiday breaks, you will not have classes

Pricing Information:

Level 4 Award in British Sign Language (Face-to-Face) & (Online)

Instalment cost (Pay for your course monthly)

£130 per month (£1,370)

Upfront cost (Pay for your course in full)

£1,330 (total fee)

This cost covers all Examination/Assessment fees during your time on the course.

an initial deposit of £200.00 will be required. 

Should you choose to pay for your course by instalments, then a suitable instalment plan will be agreed with a small addition of £40.00 to the course fee to cover the additional administration required to administer a payment plan.