Improving Your British Sign Language

Préface
A practical guide for BSL learners who wish to gain increased understanding of how BSL works and rectify signing errors.

Auteur
Luigi Lerose is a Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in BSL and Deaf Studies at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). He is Deaf himself, was Chair of the European Network of Sign Language Teachers (ENSLT) for six years (20172023), and is currently one of the European Centre for Modern Language (ECML) Language Experts in Sign Language Teacher and Learner Competencies.

Résumé
This practical, illustrated guide is designed for students who want to improve their use of British Sign Language (BSL), helping them to manage some of the more challenging aspects of BSL learning in an accessible way. Written by a highly experienced sign language speaker, it contains around 750 photos of signs, including examples of common mistakes alongside the corresponding correct signs. Each chapter is accompanied by video demonstrations of all the signs it exemplifies, showing BSL in action. The book is based on the latest research on BSL within theoretical linguistics, since understanding the latest advances in this fast-moving field is known to help improve the skills of non-native speakers. It is intended primarily for self-study, allowing students to work at their own pace on articulation accuracy, recognise the kinds of errors they are likely to make, and gain a better understanding of the visual nature of BSL.

Contenu

1. Introduction; 2. Sign articulation accuracy; 3. Use of signing space pointing, perspective and collocation; 4. Using constructed action and depiction as part of the creative lexicon; 5. Conclusion and further exercises.