Sign Language Society: Education Officer

Hi! I’m Phoenix and I’ve been learning BSL since I was at secondary school. I love languages and as well as learning many spoken languages (including French, German, Spanish and Punjabi) I’ve taught myself some very basic ASL and LSF (French Sign Language).

I’m applying for Education Officer because I think learning languages is a really fun and useful thing to do, especially BSL which can be used to communicate with many people in the UK and increase accessibility, and I’m interested in making it easier for as many people as possible to be able to learn BSL. I enjoy teaching and have lots of experience - from teaching a free Latin class for children to teaching UCL students to knit with Knitting Society - and I’d love to use my experience to help support the society’s classes.

Having done both university courses in both level 1 and 2 BSL previously and experiencing a variety of sign language teachers and their teaching methods, I’ve realised what really works and engages beginners and other introductory students. I really feel inspired to be able to improve upon the delivery of our lessons and am completely open to improvement as a person. I feel confident in being able to fill in as Education officer to lead beginner classes to hopefully inspire others in the long term and to also not forget my own.