Why the hell not?! British Sign Language (BSL) might be a lot easier to learn than you think (Picture: CityLit) You might have considered learning French or Spanish as a second language, but what ...

Starting from the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, a British Sign Language (BSL) class will be available to GCSE students (aged 15-16). The two-year BSL curriculum will include at least 750 ...

Sign language is a system of communication using visual gestures and signs used by deaf people who cannot, or only partially, hear sound. It is seen as being a natural language with its own grammar ...

Daniel Jillings said a GCSE in BSL would help both deaf and hearing students A deaf teenager who has been campaigning for a GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL) said it would be "a step towards ...

Rose Ayling-Ellis. who was the first deaf contestant on Strictly, wants free BSL lessons made available Actress Rose Ayling-Ellis wants sign language lessons to be made freely available to people who ...

British Sign Language (BSL) is set to gain formal recognition after MPs backed the proposal. A bill requiring public bodies to promote the language will now go to the House of Lords, as it continues ...

‘British Sign Language has been created and evolved through generations,’ explains online content creator, Sam Egerton-Kemp. ‘To see hearing people culturally appropriating our language on social ...

The Department for Education is aiming for the new qualification to be taught in schools from September 2025. Pupils who studied the new GCSE would learn how to use BSL in work, social and academic ...

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A deaf teenager who has been campaigning for a GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL) said it would be "a step towards equality". Daniel Jillings, 17, from Lowestoft in Suffolk, has been campaigning on ...