Translations/summaries are available below in both Spanish and English. These are designed as resources for working with the text in ASL.
A white non-binary person wears red baggy short-sleeve shirt and is shown from the waist up. The person is standing in front of a dark-grey screen. A white CATIE Center logo is in the lower right corner of the screen. The person […]
Scenario SynopsisThis interactive video showcases a mock court trial utilizing a deaf interpreter and hearing interpreter team.
This video was originally created by the National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers. For more information, visit: http://www.interpretereducation.org/specialization/deaf-interpreter/
Activity Summary: Practice creating an English or Spanish interpretation/translation from any ASL source video. You can choose what specific skills in the ASL to English process you want to focus on.
Developed by Doug Bowen-Bailey
Competencies Addressed: ASL to English or ASL to Spanish interpretation (A variety of […]
Developed by Doug Bowen-Bailey
Competencies Addressed: Production: English discourse; Comprehension: ASL discourse
Time Required for Activity: 20 mins
Objective:
To consecutively interpret a video text explaining about one person’s experiences working with interpreters.
In this video, Nyla explains her various experiences working with interpreters.
This […]
Developed by Mark Halley
Competencies Addressed:
Time Required for Activity: 30 mins
Objective:
To practice spatial structuring in an ASL text.To improve message coherence when interpreting a fast and challenging English text into American Sign Language.
In this video, Dr. Sapna Parikh discusses the process of language acquisition, focusing on second language acquisition […]
Developed by Mark Halley
Competencies Addressed: Specialized knowledge and other
Time Required for Activity: 30 mins
Objective:
To learn about specialized knowledge (brain chemistry) and how to do prepare for such work ahead of time.
In this video, neuroscientist Dr. Nicole Avena explains how sugar affects the human brain.
You will interpret a video in which Dr. Avena explains how sugar affects […]
Developed by Mark Halley
Competencies Addressed: Chunking skills/Spatial Structuring
Time Required for Activity: 20 mins
Objective:
To learn about Chunking Skills from an English text.
In this video, Aaron Patzer provides a short introduction to personal finance management.
You will watch a video in which Aaron Patzer, CEO of Mint, offers some tips to […]
Developed by Roberto Santiago
Competencies Addressed: Depiction in ASL
Time Required for Activity: 40-60 mins
Approach: Consecutive Interpreting
Objective:
To determine and incorporate locative, descriptive and instrument classifiers in consecutive interpreting.
In this activity, you will practice interpreting a procedural text explaining how to cook poached salmon.
Developed by Mark Halley
Competencies Addressed: Interpreting: English to ASL; Classifiers, Grammar
Time Required for Activity: 60 mins
Objective:
To consecutively interpret a procedural English text incorporating effective discourse mapping, ASL grammar, and classifiers.
In this video, a narrator from YouTube cooking channel Tasty explains how to clean and cook with cast iron skillets.
This activity is part […]
National Multicultural Interpreter Project (2000). Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Series: Mexican American and Mexican National Deaf Language Samples T
ape 1 [Videotape]. El Paso, TX: El Paso Community College. (TRT: 37:00) ASL only Language Samples.
These are biographical anecdotes divided into shorter narrative segments from a Mexican National and Mexican American experience. Segments included are: