Interpretation Corpus: Explaining a Volunteer Tax Site Program

A Chinese-American woman with short black hair and glasses wearing a colorful scarf speaks in front of a tan wall.Synopsis

Julia Cheng, from Community Action Duluth (CAD) , explains what is involved with CAD’s tax site and how it benefits community members.

Interpretations

This English source video is interpreted into ASL by a variety of interpreters.  This provides an opportunity to see interpreters at […]

2022-01-24T15:36:06-06:00November 14th, 2018|

Assessing a Trilingual VRS Call

Split screen - Female interpreter on left with blue background; Male interpreter on right with wood paneled backgroundDeveloped by Arlene Narvaez

Competencies Addressed:  Cultural competency, Assessing consumer language,  Specialized knowledge;

Time Required for Activity: 30 mins

Objective: 

  • Identify 2 general steps required in the immigration application and interview process.
  • Identify mode of communication used in Latinx culture
  • Identify code […]
2022-01-24T15:58:43-06:00October 30th, 2018|

Six Mindfulness Activities

Two brown round rocks stacked on top of each otherActivity Summary: Interpreting is a process full of demands. Effectively managing stress is an importance skill for maintaining focus and composure. This activity is a series of practices you can use to develop your own mindfulness.

Developed by Doug Bowen-Bailey

Competencies Addressed:  Composure, Appearance & Health

Time Required for Activity: 5 – 20 mins

Objective: 

To maintain […]

2022-01-24T15:59:49-06:00October 24th, 2018|

Interpreting about Compound Interest – English to ASL

Activity Summary: Practice creating an ASL interpretation of an explanation of how compound interest works.

Developed by Doug Bowen-Bailey

Competencies Addressed:  Numbers, Use of Space, ASL Grammar, Interpretation: English to ASL

Time Required for Activity: 40 mins

Objective: 

To incorporate effective ASL features of use of numbers, space, and ASL Grammar in an interpretation for a video explaining how compound interest works.

Prediction and Generation

2022-01-24T16:02:14-06:00October 24th, 2018|

Learning about fingerspelling in “Meet Roberta Cordano, The First Female, Deaf President Of Gallaudet University”

Developed by Mark Halley

Competencies Addressed:  Fingerspelled Word Recognition

Time Required for Activity: 10 mins

Objective: 

To improve fingerspelling reception from an ASL text.

In this video, Roberta “Bobbi” Cordano is interviewed about being the president of Gallaudet University.

Prediction

You will watch a video in which Roberta “Bobbi” Cordano talks about being the president of Gallaudet University. President Cordano fingerspells many terms […]

2022-01-24T18:07:26-06:00October 20th, 2018|

An Activity for Working from ASL to English/Spanish

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-BaileySpiral that shows learning moving from Working with Object, Working with Resource, and then working with self

Competencies Addressed:  ASL to English or ASL to Spanish interpretation (A variety of […]

2022-01-24T18:22:50-06:00September 12th, 2018|

Why Basketballl is the Best Sport in the World/Por qué el baloncesto es el mejor deporte del mundo

Translations/summaries are available below in both Spanish and English. These are designed as resources for working with the text in ASL.

Visual Description

A Black man with a flattop wears a white short-sleeve t-shirt and stands in front of a dark grey background. He narrates the entire story.  In the lower right corner of the video screen is a white CATIE Center logo. […]

2022-01-24T18:30:06-06:00September 6th, 2018|
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