Originally developed by Roberto Santiago
Competencies Addressed: Depiction in ASL
Time Required for Activity: 40-60 mins
Approach: Language focus
Objective: To determine and incorporate locative, descriptive and instrument classifiers in ASL.
In this activity, you will practice explaining how to cook poached salmon in ASL.
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| This style of communication rarely or never changes and thus is ‘frozen’ in time and content. | Wedding vows, Miranda rights, Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, historical speeches |
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| This language is used in formal settings and is one-way in nature. This use of language usually follows a commonly accepted format. It is usually impersonal and formal. | Speeches, school lessons, sermons, announcements |
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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 […]
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 […]
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:
National Multicultural Interpreter Project (2000). Cultural & Linguistic Diversity Series: Multicultural Interpreting Assignments [Videotape] . El Paso, TX: El Paso Community College. (TRT: 39.13) Mixed Spoken and Signed Language Samples.
This videotape is designed to provide some brief samples of potential interpreting assignments and consumers. It is meant to stimulate discussion of the diversity of assignments that both coodinators of interpreting services and sign language interpreters encounter. There are 13 […]
National Multicultural Interpreter Project (2000). Mexican American Deaf: Interpreting Issues in Mental Health Settings [Videotape]. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Santa Fe Community College and El Paso Community College. (TRT 33.00) English/Spanish/Lenguaje de Signos de Mexic with Open English Captions)
This videotape was designed to provide mental health professionals and sign language interpreters information on providing services in multilingual and multicultural contexts. It uses a narration and vignettes to demonstrate some […]
National Multicultural Interpreter Project (2000). Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Series: Lectures: Martin Hiraga, Presenter Segment One: Asian Religious Paths TRT 16.03 Segment Two: HIV Outreach Project TRT 18.22 [Videotape]. El Paso, TX: El Paso Community College. Spoken English.
The lecture material was designed to be stimulus material for interpreting practice. The two segments can be used for English text analysis; ASL Interpreting practice both consecutive and simultaneous, and for building […]