Offered by Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada, Cert in American Sign Language- Basic Skills is a certificate in Speech & Language Therapy programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Speech & Language Therapy
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
We have no tuition fees on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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Offered jointly with Canadian Hearing Services, this part-time certificate introduces American Sign Language as a visual language built from hand shapes, gestures, facial expressions and its own grammatical structure. Deaf instructors lead the course using an established curriculum covering both ASL and deaf culture, including the values, rules and traditions that shape it, alongside abstract concepts that extend beyond the classroom setting. Teaching follows an immersive, voice-free method combining classroom instruction, role-play and online materials that let students review and practise what they have learned. By the end, participants can hold basic conversations with members of the deaf community across a range of everyday situations.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or age 19 or older as a mature student. Conestoga states applicants must be able to receive instruction, respond and research in the English language, but the programme page does not publish a specific IELTS, TOEFL, PTE or similar score requirement for either domestic or international applicants. No required Grade 12 courses, minimum average, portfolio, interview or other admission condition is stated on this page; applicants apply through Ontario Colleges and are assessed against the stated eligibility criteria. This American Sign Language basic-skills offering is a continuing-education certificate rather than a full-time credential program, and Conestoga publishes no separate international admission track for it.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca (college code CONS): for the Fall 2027 intake the online application opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027; most oversubscribed programs stop accepting applications after 1 February 2027, though many programs remain open afterward. Conestoga does not publish a separate equal-consideration date for its January intake. International applicants apply directly to Conestoga and are assessed on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis until each program fills; no fixed international closing date is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
