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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I have used Sign World. I think they’re still building the more advanced level 6 stuff but it is worth looking at whatever your level. It’s updated with what’s
in the news each month, there’s some linguistic commentary that is good although brief last time I was there, and there’s lots of fingerspelling exercises that I have found useful. Unusually, they have made a real point of having different regional varieties
represented, like a section on number systems for different regions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh EH21 6UU</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I work half-time.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">My working hours at the moment are Monday, Tuesday, and half day on Wednesday.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> linguists interested in signed languages [mailto:SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Adam Schembri<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 16 March 2015 23:19<br>
<b>To:</b> SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Learning (some) BSL at home?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">’Sign World’ is a resource for learning BSL online, but I can’t comment on how good it is myself as I’ve never used it, although it’s been put together by some
well-known BSL teachers: <a href="http://www.signworldlearn.com/learners">http://www.signworldlearn.com/learners</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I have to put in a plug for our online, usage-based dictionary of BSL, but this should not be used on its own of course as a learning tool but is intended for
use in conjunction with classroom or online learning: <a href="http://bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk">http://bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Department of Languages & Linguistics | School of Humanities and Social Sciences | College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> | </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">La
Trobe University | Melbourne (Bundoora) | Victoria | 3086 | Australia |Tel : +61 3 9479 2887 | Twitter: @AdamCSchembri | Director, Centre for Research on Language Diversity </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black"><a href="http://www.latrobe.edu.au/crld"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.latrobe.edu.au/crld</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> &
Linguistics Discipline Research Program| Sign Language Linguistics Society: <a href="http://www.slls.eu/">http://www.slls.eu</a> | ALLY Network Member supporting GLBTIQ students and staff: <a href="http://www.latrobe.edu.au/equality/ally">www.latrobe.edu.au/equality/ally</a> <a href="http://www.latrobe.edu.au/equality/ally">http://www.latrobe.edu.au/equality/ally</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">New book available ’Sociolinguistics and Deaf communities’:
<a href="http://www.cambridge.org/9781107663862">http://</a><a href="http://www.cambridge.org/9781107663862">www.cambridge.org/9781107663862</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Mark Mandel <<a href="mailto:thnidu@GMAIL.COM">thnidu@GMAIL.COM</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>linguists interested in signed languages <<a href="mailto:SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU">SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 17 March 2015 10:13<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU">SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a>" <<a href="mailto:SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU">SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Learning (some) BSL at home?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Here's an inquiry from an acquaintance of mine in the UK. Any suggestions?<br clear="all">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I want to learn BSL because one of our mail delivery guys is non-vocal and hearing impaired. He lipreads and manages to make himself understood very well using
gestures but I would love to know how to talk to him. That and the fact that I rely on lipreading a lot myself due to APD-like MS symptoms.<br>
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I only wish that I knew of a way to learn from my home. I feel a googling coming on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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