British Sign Language Resources

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• SignPost BSL information about fingerspelling (in BSL and English)
  http://www.signpostbsl.com/learnBSL/aboutFingerSpeller.aspx


• Jim Cromwell's Receptive and Expressive Perspectives of BSL Fingerspelling
  http://www.jimcromwell.com/BSL/spell.htm


• Photographs of BSL Fingerspelling with written description of movements
  http://www.aspexdesign.co.uk/bsl.htm


• BSL Fingerspelling Translator
  http://www.deafsign.com/ds/fingerspell/fs_b2h_trans.cfm


• Printer Friendly Line Drawings of Fingerspelling
  http://www.communitycentres.org.uk/deafnessresourcecentre/images/bsl_fingerspelling_3.jpg


• BSL Fingerspelling Clipart
  http://www.british-sign.co.uk/fingerspelling_clipart.php


• BSL/AUSLAN Fingerspelling fonts ($AUD35ish each)
  http://www.auslanresources.com.au/BSL%20and%20NZSL%20fonts.htm


• National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) Fingerspellathon
  http://www.ndcs.org.uk/ndcs/fingerspellathon/fingerspellathon.html?src=adw-search&kw=fingerspelling&gclid=CMzJjuyQhZoCFUM-3godH0k9GA

• British-Sign.co.uk Comprehensive BSL resources (some free)
  http://www.british-sign.co.uk/


• British Sign Language: comprehensive lists of vocabulary videos
  http://www.britishsignlanguage.com/


• Deafblind.com Useful Signs and Phrases
  http://www.deafblind.com/signs.html


• Brief outline of BSL constructs and features
  http://www.learnsignlanguage.co.uk/whatisbritishsignlanguage.html
• Basics of British Sign Language (includes some explanation of sign content)
  http://www.deafsign.com/ds/index.cfm?scn=bsl

• Stories in the Air BSL Literacy and Numeracy Resources (CDs
  http://www.learnbsl.org/


• City University London: Early BSL Development Projects (BSL & English)
  http://www.ucl.ac.uk/HCS/research/EBSLD/index.htm
  
  Vocabulary Section:
  http://www.ucl.ac.uk/HCS/research/EBSLD/check_list/check_list.htm

• Specialist Sign Projects by University of Wolverhampton (BSL & English)


• Art Signs
  http://www.artsigns.ac.uk


• Science Signs
  http://www.sciencesigns.ac.uk


• Engineering Signs
  http://www.engineeringsigns.ac.uk


• Information and Communication Technology Dictionary
  http://www.qiaresources4ict.net/


• Some biotechnology BSL vocabulary and phrases
  http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/signingbiotechnology


• BSL Projects from Bristol University (BSL & English)

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• Deaf Station: Daily BSL News, BSL Phrasebook
  http://www.deafstation.org


• Sign Station: BSL Dictionary, Online BSL Course, Signs for Work Environment
  http://www.signstation.org

• Fingerspelling Wallchart Images (£4.99)
  http://www.british-sign.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=5


• BSL Fingerspelling Letter Posters (left handed) [Large PDF]
  http://www.learnbsl.org/LeftFSP.pdf


• BSL Fingerspelling Letter Posters (right handed) [Large PDF]
  http://www.learnbsl.org/RightFSP.pdf

• Forest Bookshop
  http://www.forestbooks.com/


• Waterfall Rainbows BSL Resources Shop
  http://www.british-sign.co.uk/shop/store/catalog/index.php


• RNID Shop
  http://www.rnid.org.uk/shop/


• Sign Communique
  http://www.signcommunique.com/

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