Signs of Development.
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A WWW worshop designed for the training and development of sign language interpreters. This program is a study of classifiers in ASL storytelling. It helps interpreters understand the principles of classifiers, know how to identify and analyze classifiers, and expand classifiers in signing skills.
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ASL's richness is conveyed through the use of classifiers, non-manual markers, use of space, etc. This workshop focuses on incorporating more classifiers into ASL stories as well as interpretations of stories into ASL. Many activities are included and Manny, the presenter, provides models of several stories plus an example of one story with and without classifiers.
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The concept of Deaf mentors arose from many discussions about the lack of inclusion of the Deaf perspective in mentorships. Having a Deaf mentor as a member of a mentoring team will provide a whole perspective and guidance embracing a bi-lingual and bi-cultural approach. This workshop discusses the qualifications, skills, expectations, etc. of a Deaf mentor as well as the advantages of a Deaf/hearing team and will be of benefit to interpreters interested...
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This dictionary is set up in major technical categories and then further divided into subcategories making navigation as simple as point and click. Each entry shows the presenter as a sign model for the desired terms. A search function is included that allows the user instant access to any of the terms in the program.
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This presentation provides the framework of DECIDE to aid in making solid ethically-based decisions. With the addition of a mechanism on the NIC to test interpreter's ethical decision-making knowledge and skills, interpreters are finding that what had previously been thought of as a more intuitive process is difficult to articulate. This framework provides the foundation to externalize and articulate the decisions needing to be made to arrive at a...