Best way starting to learn BSL

[Jay.]

I want to start to learn BSL (British Sign Language) and hopefully one day be a confident and fluent BSL user. I've always wanted to work with deaf children a little more than autistic children and children with down syndrome.

However, I want a grasp of the BSL to see if I'd be able to cope with intensive learning and I want to know the best way forward. Evening classes take SO much money and I don't want to spend any money until I know this is what I want to do and see through.

Cheers in advance ;)

[Inseriousity.]

search it on the internet. there's probably loads of beginners' guides. :)

[Alexx..]

I know fluent BSL cause my family are deaf (well some of them), and the best way is to spend time around deaf people you'll pick it up easier, and watch videos online.

[Jordan:A]

I'm trying to teach myself BSL and it's going ok, but you need to use it regularly to remember it though, I did accidently start to learn American SL.
Here is a video with basic greetings on which is where I have started
http://m.wonderhowto.com/how-to-say-basic-greetings-british-sign-language-175637/

[Jay.]

After the basics where else do you look to continue?

[Jordan:A]

I would of thought names etc, and then you could use names with the basic greetings.
This is how I have been doing it

[Mathew]

I also think BSL would be amazing to learn. I was actually in a store at the Magic Kingdom in Disney, Florida and there was a deaf employee on the till. He found it quite difficult to speak to people and visitors would have to write things down on a pad. He got something wrong for us and a supervisor had to come over to rectify the mistake. It was such a shame and I felt that not many people can really communicate with him.

A couple of minutes later, someone in the line was "fluent" in sign language and he just seemed really happy and both of them had a full conversation like that. I just found it amazing how you can communicate with someone like that, without opening your mouth.