{"id":2192,"date":"2020-03-31T14:17:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T13:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityawareness.training\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2020-03-31T14:17:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T13:17:09","slug":"free-british-sign-language-lessons-with-enhance-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/?p=2192","title":{"rendered":"Free British Sign Language Lessons with Enhance The UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1200px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Video 1 of our free basic <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BSL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BSL<\/a> course. Learn how to sign good morning, good afternoon, good evening and How are you? Tweet us if you&#39;re learning with family at home or colleagues online using hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Enhance_BSL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Enhance_BSL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/DeafAwareness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DeafAwareness<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/MondayMotivation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MondayMotivation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/LearnAtHome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LearnAtHome<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Community?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Community<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FUuIVeX8Zv\">pic.twitter.com\/FUuIVeX8Zv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Enhance The UK (@Enhancetheuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Enhancetheuk\/status\/1244550781329694725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h4>Free British Sign Language Lessons<\/h4>\n<p>We&#8217;ve created a series of short, free British Sign Language lessons which we&#8217;ll be sharing across the coming weeks on social media. So if you&#8217;ve always wanted to learn but never had the time, take advantage of this opportunity.<\/p>\n<h4>Who is the instructor Claire?<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-2197\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Deaf-clapping-300x180.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Deaf-clapping-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Free British Sign Language Lessons with Enhance The UK - Claire demonstrates the sign for deaf clapping by waving her hands in the air.\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27240%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20400%20240%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27240%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Deaf-clapping-200x120.jpg 200w, https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Deaf-clapping-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Deaf-clapping-400x241.jpg 400w, https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Deaf-clapping-600x361.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Deaf-clapping.jpg 750w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Claire Holland is our Deputy CEO and Head of Training. She is Deaf and a native sign language user. Claire delivers our <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityawareness.training\/british-sign-language-training-for-organisations\/\">accredited British sign language courses<\/a> to organisations across the UK.<\/p>\n<h4>Follow online with hashtag #Enhance_BSL<\/h4>\n<p>The hashtag for our videos is #Enhance_BSL and we&#8217;d love it if you join in the online chat and let us know who you are learning with. It could be a group of colleagues who are remote working, or family members, or friends and flat mates. This taster course is suitable for all ages so the more the merrier. With 1 in 7 people in the UK having a hearing impairment, sign language is a valuable skill in all social and business environments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are you ready for the 2nd video in our <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Enhance_BSL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Enhance_BSL<\/a> series? Who, where, how and why. Tweet us your pics and videos if you&#39;re joining in at home with family or online with colleagues. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/LearnAtHome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LearnAtHome<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BSL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BSL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/DeafAwareness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DeafAwareness<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/WednesdayWisdom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WednesdayWisdom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W1FASiRbrL\">pic.twitter.com\/W1FASiRbrL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Enhance The UK (@Enhancetheuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Enhancetheuk\/status\/1245275040758841344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h4>Top tips for practising British Sign Language (BSL)<\/h4>\n<p>Claire will cover basic signs and you can play the videos back and practice in your own time.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pay attention to the position of your hands<\/li>\n<li>Facial expressions are very important. Use your eyes and body language to express emotion<\/li>\n<li>Record yourself on your phone, or practise signing in front of the mirror to check hand position<\/li>\n<li>Practice regularly to help you remember each sign<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Join us<\/h4>\n<p>Thanks for your interest in British Sign Language. We hope you&#8217;ll enjoy learning with us and remember to connect on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Enhancetheuk\">twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/2182554\/admin\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/enhancetheuk\/\">Instagram<\/a> and join the online chat with <strong>#Enhance_BSL.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Useful Articles<\/h4>\n<p>You may also find these Top Tips articles of interest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityawareness.training\/video-conferencing-with-deaf-colleagues\/\">Video Conferencing with Deaf Colleagues<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityawareness.training\/deaf-and-hearing-impaired-colleagues\/\">6 Tips for Communicating with Deaf and Hearing Impaired Colleagues\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[72,115,116],"class_list":["post-2192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-tips","tag-british-sign-language","tag-bsl-for-beginners","tag-free-british-sign-language-lessons","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}