Languages at Leicester
BSL Level 2
This is for you if you have completed and passed either the full Signature BSL Level 1 Award (Units 101, 102 and 103) or the full iBSL Level 1 Award (Units 1A1, 1A2 and 1A3).
Key information
Courses started in October 2024
- Course: Wednesdays 6.00pm - 9.00pm*
Delivery: On-campus (face-to-face)
Timeline: Starts 9 October 2024 - Ends 28 May 2025 (28 weeks, plus 4 Saturdays). It is a complete course. It is not divided into different units like the Level One Award. The course will take place one evening a week and on 4 Saturdays (see timetable below).- Term 1: 11 weeks starting October until December 2024
- Term 2: 11 weeks starting January until April 2025
- Term 3: 6 weeks starting April until May 2025
Fees: Full course £810 (fee includes all exams). This is payable in full or in three instalments of £270.00 as outlined below.- Payment 1 on enrolment
- Payment 2 by 10 January 2025
- Payment 3 by 18 April 2025
This course will be taught in a small group. The on-campus course requires a minimum of 8 and it can have up to a maximum of 12 students. Course fee includes all tuition, access to Blackboard, handouts and any tests/exams, but not a textbook.
Terms run from October to December, from January to March and from April to May. The full course comprises 150 learning hours (100 guided learning hours plus 50 independent learning hours). Evening lessons are 3 hours long and take place once a week. Saturdays comprise 4 hours of lessons. When enrolling you are committing to the full 28 weeks.
Entry level
A pass in BSL Level 1 Award:
- Part 1, Unit 101
- Part 2, Unit 102
- Part 3, Unit 103
Or the full iBSL Level 1 Award (Units 1A1, 1A2 and 1A3).
Qualification aim
This Level 2 Certificate qualification in British Sign Language is designed to enable learners to develop their skills to communicate with Deaf people using British Sign Language (BSL) in a range of everyday situations. The qualification will allow learners to participate in longer and more varied conversations than at Level 1. The course will develop communication in BSL about real life, routine, and daily experiences. The learner will be able to deal with most routine communication and have enough understanding of grammar to cope with some non-routine communication. Learners should be taught a number of regional variations in sign language.
The specification has been designed to be consistent with the National Language Standards at Level 2.
Course content
This British Sign Language qualification is divided into three units, each of which can be achieved separately.
To achieve the full Level 2 Certificate in British Sign Language, candidates are required to achieve all three units.
| Unit | Unit title | Assessment | Exam fee |
| BSL 201 | BSL Receptive Skills | Practical assessment of skills | £ 49.00* |
| BSL 202 | BSL Productive Skills | Presentation in BSL | £ 60.00* |
| BSL 203 | BSL Conversational Skills | Conversation in BSL | £ 60.00* |
Signature Level 2 Qualification Specifications.
*Fees are transferred in its totality to the awarding body (Signature's fees booklet 24/25).
Course schedule
The schedule for academic year 2024/25 is displayed below. Please notice that some of these dates could be subject to change.
Timetable Tuesdays: Lessons take place from 6.00pm to 9.00pm (there will be a 15 minutes break half-way through the lesson).
Timetable Saturdays: Lessons take place from 10.00am to 2.30pm (there will be a 30 minutes break at 12.00pm).
- Wednesday 9 October 2024
- Wednesday 16 October 2024
- Wednesday 23 October 2024
- Wednesday 30 October 2024
- Wednesday 6 November 2024
- Wednesday 13 November 2024
- Wednesday 20 November 2024
- Wednesday 27 November 2024
- Wednesday 4 December 2024
Saturday 7 December 2024 - Wednesday 11 December 2024
- Wednesday 18 December 2024
**Christmas break** - Wednesday 15 January 2025
- Wednesday 22 January 2025
- Wednesday 29 January 2025
- Wednesday 5 February 2025
- Wednesday 12 February 2025
- Wednesday 19 February 2025
Saturday 22 February 2025 - Wednesday 26 February 2025
- Wednesday 5 March 2025
- Wednesday 12 March 2025
- Wednesday 19 March 2025
- Wednesday 26 March 2025
Saturday 29 March 2025 - Wednesday 2 April 2025
**Easter break** - Wednesday 30 April 2025
- Wednesday 7 May 2025
- Wednesday 14 May 2025
- Wednesday 21 May 2025
Saturday 24 May 2025 - Wednesday 28 May 2025
Progression route
Upon completion of of the Level 2, you can progress to the BSL Award Level 3.