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 […]
Region VI Interpreter Education Program (1999). The Legacy of Eliza Taylor [Videotape].
Little Rock, AR: University of Little Rock Arkansas.
This project was co-sponsored with UALR who produced and disseminated the videotape.
National Multicultural Interpreter Project (2000). Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Series: Mexican American and Mexican National Deaf Language Samples Tape 2 [Videotape]. El Paso, TX: El Paso Community College. (TRT: 47.00) Lenguaje de Señas Mexicano LSM Samples)
This videotape is the life experiences of Francisco Alvarez and Beatrice Zuniga who are LSM users and code-switching in English. No translation is provided. [Videotape]. El Paso, TX: El Paso Community College. Mexican Sign […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
Identify Fingerspelled Words in an Excerpt fromIn this video, Fred Weiner shares his ideas about how to take advantage of collectivist culture in the Deaf community as part of a TEDxGallaudet Talk. You can see the complete talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtYHvZ3Iaic.