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Test your knowledge
- The key to using Signstation is to understand your own level of knowledge of BSL and Deaf people. The best place to start is try our interactive quiz. The quiz is comprised of 100 random questions, 50 text based questions and 50 BSL video questions. At the end of the test you will be given a suggested route through Signstation best suited to your knowledge.
Ten things to know
- Here you will find different categories of the ten most important things to know about BSL and Deaf people.
Workplace scenarios
- These interactive modules illustrate, using video, audio and text, typical scenarios of a Deaf person's in the workplace. For people with little or no experience of working with a Deaf person, this could be the most useful first stage in communication and an excellent resource for understanding fundamental Deaf workplace issues.
Amy and Zing's A-Z of sign language
- Amy and Zing's amazing A-Z of sign language could be described as your first steps towards learning BSL. Amy and Zing is an entertaining 26 chapter programme aimed at people who want to know more about BSL and the Deaf community. The programme is supported by subtitles, audio voiceover and subtitle script. This programme is also available on DVD.
Learn BSL online - The Company
- For those who are ready to learn BSL, "The Company" is a teach yourself British Sign Language (BSL) course designed to allow you to discover, learn and practise this language whenever and wherever you want. The course is aimed at those people who come into contact with Deaf people in the workplace but it will be of value to all those Deaf and hearing people who wish to communicate with each other in any context.
BSL dictionary
- Need to know a sign? Our online BSL dictionary can be used to search our database of thousands of different signs. You can search all signs using a keyword, access and A-Z index of clips, view the most popular clips accessed or alternatively use our picture interface and explore different categories of signs.
- Download signs from our BSL dictionary for your mobile phone, PDA and other mobile devices
Questions and answers
- Here you will find different categories of Question and Answers, these include; Interpreters, Deafness and Hearing Loss and the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).
Trade Unions
- Here you will find information supplied by different Trade Union organisations and adapted BSL content and information.
Interpreter information
- If you want to know specifically about providing interpreters, have a look at our interpreter information.
Additional information
- Additional information is a resource of supplementary and related information. This includes useful websites, information about Signstation and the team who created it, plus feedback and contact details.