Using cast iron skillet video from TastyDeveloped 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 of a series.  Discourse Mapping | Consecutive Interpreting | Simultaneous Interpreting

Prediction

You will watch a video in which a professional chef from Tasty narrates how to clean and cook using a cast iron skillet. For this activity, you will be working with the segment in which the chef talks about cleaning the skillet.

  • What do you know about cast iron skillets?
  • If you are not a cast iron expert, consider doing an internet search to understand the basics of cast iron.
  • Based on your research, what are some concepts the narrator might discuss?
  • What technical terms might she use?

Consecutively Interpret the Video

The video is presented in a series of segments, ranging from 17 seconds to 40 seconds in length.  Interpret them as best as you are able. Do not worry about keeping all the details. Focus instead on creating ASL interpretations that use clear discourse markers, appropriate classifiers, and appropriate ASL grammar.

Check Your Work

What were some of the key points in the video? Were you able to clearly interpret these points into ASL? Here are some concepts and strategies you might have used in your interpretation:

  • To emphasize the concept of seasoning, a term known by those who cook with cast iron skillets, you might have both fingerspelled the term and used a variety of signs to convey it (e.g., POUR-oil, STICK-to-pan).
  • To interpret the concept of the pans being porous, you might have used depiction to show oil seeping into the iron.
  • You may have used space to clearly delineate the different steps in the cleaning or cooking procedure. For example, when the narrator described the process of scrubbing, drying, and then seasoning the pan, you may have shifted your signing space slightly to the side for each step.

Consecutively Interpret the Video Again

The video is presented in a series of segments, ranging from 17 seconds to 40 seconds in length.  Interpret them as best as you are able. Do not worry about keeping all the details. Focus instead on creating ASL interpretations that use clear discourse markers, appropriate classifiers, and appropriate ASL grammar.