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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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