Sign language

Description

A system of communication using visual gestures and signs, used by hearing impaired individuals.
 

Alternative labels

signing languages
BSL
signing language
makaton
sign languages
British Sign Language

Skill type

knowledge

Skill reusability level

cross-sector

Relationships with occupations

Essential knowledge

Sign language is an essential knowledge of the following occupations:

Sign language teacher: Sign language school teachers educate non-age-specific students in sign language. They teach sign language to both students with or without special educational needs such as deafness. They organise their classes using a variety of lesson materials, work interactively with the group, and assess and evaluate their individual progress through assignments and examinations.
Speech and language therapist: Speech and language therapists focus on the aetiology, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of communication and swallowing disorders in people of all ages in order to help them maintain, promote, improve, initiate, or recover the ability to communicate both verbally and nonverbally. They address the development of language, speech, vocal and hearing functions, and disorders and disabilities in the cranial, facial, and oral area.
Sign language interpreter: Sign language interpreters understand and convert sign language into spoken language and vice versa. They maintain the nuances and the stress of the message in the recipient language.

Optional knowledge

Sign language is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this knowledge may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

 


 

References

  1. Sign language – ESCO

 

Last updated on September 20, 2022