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APPENDIX 5

RELEVANT SQA QUALIFICATIONS

National Qualifications/Units

These are all free-standing units, which are internally assessed. There are no full courses with external exams. They are all listed under the category: ' SEN/hearing impaired'.

More details of each unit can be accessed by searching for the unit code in the SQA website.

Unit title

Unit level

Unit code

Deaf Awareness

09 (Access 3)

EG2V

History and Development of BSL

12 (Higher)

EG2W

Language Structure 1*

08 (Access 2)

E7 KW

Language Structure 2*

09 (Access 3)

E7 KX

Language Structure 3*

10 ( Intermediate 1)

E7 KY

Language: intro to BSL

09 (Access 3)

EG2P

Language: BSL

10 (Intermediate 1)

D13T

Language: BSL

11 (Intermediate 2)

D13T

Language: BSL

12 ( Higher)

DI3T

Linguistic Features of BSL

12 (Higher)

EG2X

Lipreading Skills

10 (Intermediate 1)

E7M3

Productive skills related to speech

10 (Intermediate 1)

E7M2

* Describes as 'specialist and needs-related modules which enable the student to acquire and reinforce the language structure skills required for communication in basic English…intended for those hearing-impaired students who have special needs related to language development.'

Long-term plans for the BSL suite of qualifications:

  • SVQs in BSL at Levels 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5;
  • Up-dated National Qualification units in BSL for schools;
  • PDA in BSL Studies;
  • PDA in BSL language development of preschool children.

Electronic notetaking

There are plans for a qualification in electronic notetaking.

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