NZSL Onsite course - Rolleston - Beg 1b/c

Join and learn New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) course in Rolleston in Christchurch!

NZSL is a beautiful language, and an official language of NZ. This is a NZSL beginner 1 b & d course - suitable for students have completed approximately 15 hours of NZSL or have completed Level 1a course. Certificate of Attendance and will be issued at the end of the course*.

Days: Wednesdays, 7:00pm - 9:00pm (15 weeks)

Dates: 28th July to 15th September (8 weeks) and 20th October to 1st December (7 weeks)

Level: NZSL Beg 1b/c (Unit 4 - 7)

Cost: $230 for 15 week course incl. handout/homework

Learning outcomes:

By the end of this 1b course (term 3), learners will:

Unit 4 - Family and friends

• tell about immediate family/whānau and relationships (e.g. friends, colleagues)
• give and ask personal information about self and others such as where one lives and their pets
• use numbers for counting, age, ranking

Unit 5 - Everyday activities

• communicate about simple home and leisure daily routines and activities
• express feelings about activities
• use calendar and clock time phrases
• wrap up activities, review, final activity and/or event

By the end of this 1c course (term 4), learners will:

Unit 6 - Needs and wants

• start conversations with known and unknown people
• make compliments (e.g. appearance, clothing) and congratulations
• ask and tell about general wellbeing, health and everyday life
• discuss the weather
• close a conversation

Unit 7 - Community and work

• communicate about essential services and locations in their community (e.g. doctor, bank, library)
• describe occupations, tasks and transport in relation to work and community activities
• negotiate appointments and bookings
• discuss prices on use of services and purchases, and ways of payment

Ask your employer to cover the cost of the course as professional development! Please note that registering online confirms your place in the course. If your organisation/company is paying for your course fee, please email us and provide us their Reference/Purchase Order number. If you wish to organise installment payment plan, please email to hello@mergenz.co.nz to arrange payment plan and Merge NZ will book the course for you manually. Certificate of Attendance are on request and with 80% attendance being meet.