Specialist Learning Courses
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- Become more lipreadable
Course start date: Fri 23 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lorraine BragginsDo you know a hard of hearing or deaf person who needs to lipread you? Find out how lipreading works and how you can make some small adjustments in order to become more 'lipreadable'.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Communication with older people with a hearing loss Course start date: Fri 27 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lorraine BragginsThe course will cover the features of age-related hearing loss and how these relate to what, and how, older people hear and understand. Participants will learn communication strategies so that older people can understand them better.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Award in education and training for lipreading teachersCourse start date: Fri 19 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Lorraine BragginsInterested in teaching lipreading to adults? This introductory course leads to the City and Guilds Level 3 national teaching qualification. Combined with our GT106, you can become a qualified lipreading teacher. - Level 3 certificate in BSLCourse start date: Fri 10 Jan 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pat ParkeIdeal if you have passed level 2 in BSL and are ready to develop the knowledge and skills you need to achieve the level 3 qualification, accredited by Signature.Full fee £1,469.00 Senior fee £1,469.00 Concession £1,469.00 - Pre-level 3 in BSL Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pat ParkeHave you have passed your level 2 in BSL but need more confidence and advice before moving on to a level 3 course? You will improve the standard of your productive and receptive BSL skills to enable you to converse comfortably with a BSL user.Full fee £629.00 Senior fee £503.00 Concession £440.00 - Lipreading teacher training courseCourse start date: Fri 17 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Anita ThorntonPart-time 19 days spread over 10 lecture blocks
This course will be a mixed delivery mode. Students will attend City Lit, Covent Garden, London for some of the teaching blocks and access some of the blocks online.
You will attend lecture and teaching practice blocks on the following dates.
2025: 17 and 18 October, 14 and 15 November, 12 and 13 December,
2026: 9 and 10 January, 6 and 7 February, 20 and 21 March,
17 18 April, 8 May, 15 and 16 May, 12 and 13 June
If combined with a teaching qualification such as our GT105 Award in Education and Training, this will qualify you to teach Lipreading in the Further Education sector.
You cannot enrol online for this course. Please contact us at lipreading@citylit.ac.uk to request an application form.Full fee £2,699.00 Senior fee £2,699.00 Concession £2,699.00 - Teaching methods for BSL teachers workshop Course start date: Fri 24 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Richard CarterAre you a BSL teacher? Would you like to improve or learn new ways to teach BSL in your class? Richard Carter comes highly recommended - he will teach you how to find the best way for your students to learn BSL. This will help you to become confident and motivate your teaching.
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