NZSL Online Advanced - Level 3

Unlock your communication potential with NZSL Advanced Level 3.

This course is suitable for those who have completed Level 2, with approximately between 100 - 120 hours of NZSL formal learning previously. This Level 3 covers Units 18 - 25, giving you an appreciation of NZSL as a language and better understanding of Deaf Culture. There are 4 block courses to complete Level 3.

Our experienced NZSL teachers will guide you through the course, ensuring a fun, challenging and engaging learning experience. You will be encouraged to submit your NZSL videos to improve your fluency.

Learning Outcome for Advanced - Part 1

Unit 18 (Narrating Unforgettable Moments)

develop essential skills needed to tell a short story successfully
use extended role-shifting to enhance the story
lean the important of maintaining spatial agreement when using role shifting
learn to sequence classifiers in order to fully describe what happened
to elaborate on the story by giving descriptions, sharing thoughts and giving reasons

Unit 19 (Sharing Interesting Facts)

learn to show the impact or importance of the information using percentages, fractions and ranking
contrast and discuss the information and ways to conclude the facts with generalisation, theories or conclusions
practise use of classifiers and role shift to illustrate and to demonstrate the fact (make formal or informal announcements through face to face or online)

You need to achieve

105 hours or completed

Level 2 courses to register.

Learning Outcome for Advanced - Part 2

Unit 20 (Explaining Rules)

give clear instructions or explanations using classifiers and conditional sentences, rhetorical questions and relative clauses along with “rule” related vocabularies (e.g. driving rules for party games, cultural rules, school rules, card games, children’s games, etc.).
develop strategies for explaining rules while playing the game and using appropriate attention getting behaviours to manage the group during a game.

Unit 21 (Telling About Accidents)

learn to time their reactions to coincide with falls, trips, or other types of mishaps
develop skills for sharing about an incident with a bicycle or car
talk about an incident with a horse with the ability to switch effortlessly between different classifiers representing the horse, the rider and a barrier in both the real world and abstract frames
learn to time their reactions to coincide with the actions, and to role shift perspectives

You need to achieve

120 hours or Advanced - part 1 course to register.

Learning Outcome for Advanced - Part 3

Unit 22 (Talking About Money)

talk about finance related signs like purchase, income, loan, interest, instalments and investment
learn different currency signs
reinforce and practice temporal aspects with payments/finances
appropriately use these money signs include some everyday phrases (bargain, borrowing, how best way to save money and so on).

Unit 23 (Making Major Decisions)

expand the vocabulary needed the various topics covered in this unit
develop conversational fluency by sharing your opinions and to discuss experiences
tell about making major decisions in life i.e. life decision, housing situations, purchasing/selling cars and other major decisions, repeat information to a third party, and ask for clarification

You need to achieve

136 hours or Advanced- part 2 course to register.

Learning Outcome for Advanced - Part 4

Unit 24 (Discussing Health Conditions)

take complex information written on particular health conditions, identify the important points to cover
organise the information into three areas, symptoms, causes and treatments
make a concise 5-minute presentation (video)

Unit 25 (Storytelling)

develop characters in storytelling
practice role-shifting character’s reactions / comments
understanding special features in storytelling (i.e. repeated sequence of actions, rhythmic sign movement, onomatopoeia and metamorphosis)
pick one of story and re-tell a story in NZSL.

You need to achieve

152 hours or Advanced - part 3 course to register.

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