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: Cultural Comptency, Register, ASL lexicon
Time Required for Activity: 15 mins
Objective:
To learn about cultural competency and formal register use in ASL by watching an ASL text.
In this video, student leaders of the Gallaudet University Student Body Government (SBG) offer an open letter to the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the […]
Developed by Mark Halley
Competencies Addressed: Message Coherence
Time Required for Activity: 30 mins
Objective: 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 for children and adults.
The activity in this […]
Developed by Mark Halley
Competencies Addressed: Depiction in ASL
Time Required for Activity: 20 mins
Objective: To practice production of depiction when interpreting in ASL (specifically roleshift/constructed action & dialogue)
In this video, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson shares his ideas about how to help children become scientifically literate. In his short explanation, Dr. Tyson describes a number of ideas which may evoke rich […]
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 in spoken English […]
Developed by Mark Halley
Competencies Addressed: Other (Prediction skills)
Time Required for Activity: 15 mins
Objective: To consider the possible English translations of a number of signs in an ASL text.
In this video, AJ Williams provides an update about a community screening of “The Mask You Live In.”
You will watch a video in which AJ Williams provides […]
Developed by Mark Halley
Competencies Addressed: ASL semantics
Time Required for Activity: 15 mins
Objective: To identify the ASL semantics of three signs and how they might influence interpreting work.
In this video, Dr. Byron Bridges discusses three ‘wrong’ ASL signs. He urges adults who work with deaf children to help ensure children do not use these signs.
You will watch a video in which […]
In this video, Howard Rosenblum, CEO of the National Association of the Deaf, speaks on behalf of the NAD in response to the violence in Charlottesville in August 2017. You will predict, watch, and then review the fingerspelled words in the video.
Activity developed by Mark Halley
Objective: To identify fingerspelling in an ASL text.
Competencies Addressed: Fingerspelling
Time […]
In this video, Michael Stultz provides an informal science lesson about a natural phenomenon known as ball lightning. You will predict and then identify examples of depiction within the video text.
Developed by Mark Halley
Competency: Depiction in ASL
Time: 30 minutes
Objective: To identify depiction in an ASL text.
You will watch a segment of Michael’s lesson on ball […]
Ana discusses her decision to move to the United States while growing up in El Salvador. Objectives: 1) to identify the main ideas in an ASL text; 2) to create an accurate English summary of an ASL text. Time: Approximately 15 minutes