BSL Corpus Project

Greater London fieldworker

Melinda is a native BSL user and comes from a Deaf family spanning four generations. She was Head of Communication and Training Programme at City Lit until her (early) retirement in April 2009.  She was responsible for a wide range of courses such as Level 1 – 4 in BSL, Deaf Studies (a BA (Hons) course), and Teacher Training for Deaf Tutors.  She’s a Londoner born and bred and proud of it!

Belfast fieldworker
Evelyn is a native BSL user and comes from three generations of Deaf families. Currently, she works as a Community Support Worker with Deaf people which she enjoys. She previously taught BSL at Level 1, 2 and 3 for many years. She is interested in sign language variation, particularly in signs that were used in the past. She is proud to live in Belfast and invites you all to visit!