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Item# L880
Interpreting: An Introduction
N. Frishberg - An introduction to Sign Language Interpreting which includes information needed for written portions of RID certification examinations. Also includes information on terminology, research, history, and special communication techniques. (249 pgs, softcover, 6" x 9") |
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Item# L913
Sign Language Interpreting
S. Neumann Solow - Revised Edition. A Basic Resource Book. This revision is down to earth and unpretentious while respectful of the field and the complexity of the task. Topics covered include: Interpreter Role and Behavior, Sign Systems, Orientation to the Deaf Community, Specialized Skills, Certification, Ethics, etc. It is an invaluable text for students and teachers of interpreting, professionals and administrators of support services, and for anyone interested in integrating deaf and hearing individuals in any given situation. (124 pgs, softcover, 9" x 6") |
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Item# L850
So You Want To Be An Interpreter? (Text)
J. Humphrey & B. Alcorn - Beneficial for students of interpretation, working professionals, Deaf individuals and/or their parents. Included are personal experiences and helpful examples in each chapter with thought provoking questions and suggested activities that will enhance your understanding of the interpretation process. (423 pgs, softcover, 6" x 9")
CD-ROM also available: Click Here |
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Item# L485
Great Interpreters Don't Grow on Trees
K. Clark - 123 Steps to the Top of the Sign Language Interpreting Field. Written for practicing interpreters who want to enhance skills and techniques. Each page is filled with strategies that readers can incorporate into their daily routine. This book is important for interpreters who want to be successful and diverse when facing the many challenges of providing equivalent meaning between languages and cultures. (125 pgs. softcover, 8-1/2" x 5-1/2") |
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Item# L884
ASL-to-English Interpretation: Say It Like They Mean It
J. Kelly - The task of producing an appropriate interpretation from ASL to English is often very difficult. How will an English speaking person with no understanding of Deaf culture best understand the voiced interpretation? This book looks at the difficulties and issues that can arise and what is expected in ASL-to-English interpretation. Students currently studying interpreting as well as experienced interpreters will find this book an invaluable guide to enhance and sharpen skills. Practice exercises and task discussions at the end of every chapter will give students an opportunity to learn to interpret ASL-to-English and work on English interpretation with their teacher and fellow students. (121 pgs, spiral bound, 8-1/2" x 11") |
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Item# L885
Transliterating: Show Me the English
J. Kelly - This important text provides a comprehensive overview of the task of transliterating and serves as a standardized curriculum for students enrolled in IPPS who have taken at least one semester of interpreting skills. Also written to help interpreters who have graduated from IPPS and want to improve their transliterating skills, this guide will provide working interpreters with a clearer understanding of the components that make-up the task of transliterating. Exercises at the end of each chapter provide interaction in a classroom setting to use in small groups and class discussions. Written by an experienced interpreter and instructor, the author provides important informatin on why we transliterate, how transliterating and interpreting are similar and different, how to make modifications to the English language during transliteration, ways to evaluate your skills and strategies for improvement. (106 pgs, spiral bound, 8-1/2" x 11") |
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Item# L881
Interpreting: The Art of Cross Cultural Mediation
M. McIntire - Proceedings of the 9th RID National Convention, 1985. A collection of papers presented at the San Diego Convention, including presentations on Deaf humor, children of parents who are Deaf, black interpreters and black Deaf culture. (253 pgs, softcover, 6" x 9") |
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Item# L854
Decisions? Decisions!
J. Humphrey - A comprehensive guide to professionalism, critical thinking and ethical decision making for interpreters, ASL instructors and interpreting teachers. Sample codes and more than 100 case studies help you develop skills and build trust with clients, colleagues and students. (267 pgs, softcover, 6" x 9") |
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Item# L795
The Professional Sign Language Interpreter's Handbook
L. Humphreys - The Complete, Practical Manual for the Interpreting Professional. This ultimate guide to the field of Sign Language interpreting provides the "missing link" between interpreter training programs and the real world of sign language interpreting. In these pages, Linda Humphreys bridges the gap between academic theories and the day-to-day reality of working as a professional interpreter and covers topics to help you succeed, including: how to prepare for difficult assignments, finding jobs that are right for you, setting appropriate boundaries on the job and more. Plus, the author includes valuable tips on getting hired, setting your fees, invoicing, filing taxes, and assignment intake. Packed with valuable resources, the Handbook is a must-have for the fields of career/vocational/personal counseling, disability advocacy/service providing, Sign Language interpreting, and Interpreter training as well as any agency or professional who works with deaf people. (316 pgs, softcover, 8 - 1/2" x 11") |
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Item# L962
Comprehensive Reference Manual for Signers and Interpreters
C.M. Hoffman - For interpreters, and experienced signers who wish to increase their sign language repertories and refresh their memories with seldom used signs. Includes more than 6,500 sign descriptions of vocabulary and idioms with extensive cross references. (Fifth Edition, 305 pgs, spiral boud, 8-1/2" x 11") |
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Item# L966
Advanced Sign Language Vocabulary
J. R. Coleman & E. E. Wolf - A Resource Text for Educators, Interpreters, Parents and Sign Language Instructors. This book is a collection of advanced sign language vocabulary intended for use by educators, interpreters, parents, or anyone wishing to enlarge their sign vocabulary. The signs have been collected from established base signs and initialized base signs observed within the deaf community. The collection represents vocabulary one would encounter in an educational or employment-related setting, and the signs are divided into academic categories. An alphabetical index is provided to help the reader locate individual words quickly. Each sign is clearly illustrated and movement is both shown and described. (202 pgs, softcover, 8-1/2" x 11") |
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Item# L256
Establishing A Freelance Interpretation Business
T. Fischer - This comprehensive guide will facilitate planning to become a professional freelance interpreter. Covers certification, legal, tax and liability insurance considerations, ethics and attorney/client confidentiality. Also included are marketing, scheduling and billing systems and organizational tips. (58 pgs, softcover, 6" x 9") |
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Item# L264
Sign The Speech
J. Gebron - A resource book for theatrical interpreters. Includes information on translation, placement, rehearsal concerns, technical and artistic process, terminology, and more. Helps you prepare for an award winning performance! (91 pgs, softcover, 6" x 9") |
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Item# L407
Sign Language Interpreting
M. Metzger - Deconstructing the Myth of Neutrality. By disclosing the ways in which interpreters affect changes in medical, educational and all other general interactions, the author demonstrates that the ideal of an interpreter as a neutral language conduit does not exist and addresses the potential implications. This provocative study is important information to the professional interpreting community and anyone involved in the use of sign language interpreters. (216 pgs, hardcover, 6" x 9") |
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Item# L421
Educational Interpreting: How It Can Succeed
E. Winston - An important resource for administrators, parents, teachers and students to recognize issues of access to education. From contributions by renowned experts in the field, the author explores the current state of educational interpreting and defines the core knowledge and skills interpreters must have as well as the need to develop standards of practice and assessment. Three sections present: (1) Deaf students' perspectives on classroom interpreting, accessibility of language and cognition; (2) Support and training interpreters receive; (3) Suggestions for addressing concerns of interpreted education. (224 pgs, hardcover, 7" x 10") |
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Item# L250
Deaf Patients, Hearing Medical Personnel
T. Moxham - Interpreting and Other Considerations. This book traces situations facing deaf patients, their families, and their interpreters as they move through the medical system. A variety of issues for medical interpreters are discussed within this handbook. Among the topics are HIPPA, roles and responsibilites, unique aspects of medical interpreting, and scenarios reflecting a variety of specific medical situations. Plus, the author includes information and resources for applying the code of ethics and interpreter's health and safety. Interpreters who work in the medical community will find this an invaluable reference. A helpful glossary is also included. (102 pgs, softcover, 6" x 9") |
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Technical Signs
Developed by the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), this series of sign language manuals provide vocabulary on specific topics and technical signs. An excellent resource for professionals and students to facilitate precise, effective communication in adademic and career environments. |
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Item# L521
Sign Language Vocabulary for Technical Terminology:
Theater, Communication, Audiology and Speech & Language, Career Education. (246 pgs, softcover, 8-1/2" x 11") |
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Item# L522
Project Overview & Reading Technical Signs Diagrams: Technical Signs 1 & 2
Provides an overview of the NTID Technical Signs Project and information on how to read sign diagrams including contact symbols, movement symbols, and printed information. (51 pgs, softcover, 8-1/2" x 11") |
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Item# L523
Communication - Audiology & Speech Pathology: Technical Signs 4
(99 pgs, softcover, 8-1/2" x 11") |
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Item# L525
English: Technical Signs 6
(87 pgs, softcover, 8-1/2" x 11") |
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Item# L526
Religion/Catholic: Technical Signs 7
(217 pgs, softcover, 8-1/2" x 11") |
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Item# L527
Theatre: Technical Signs 8
(380 pgs, softcover, 8-1/2" x 11") |
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Item# L529
A Resource Book for Teachers & Students: Signs for Science and Mathematics
(174 pgs, softcover, 8-1/2" x 11") |
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Item# L530
Legal: Signs for Legal and Social Work Terminology: Technical Signs 11
(486 pgs, softcover, 8-1/2" x 11") |
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Item# CD850
So You Want To Be An Interpreter? (CD-ROM)
CD companion to the popular Third Edition text. A 5-CD set containing guided learning activities, study questions and supplemental video clips. Every CD includes "resource" files with important websites listed, various chapter files in which you will find a study guide with chapter summary, focus questions, learning activities, and exam questions. A must have for any current or future interpreter.
System Requirements: QuickTime 4.1.2 (or higher) and Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 (or higher)
Textbook also available: Click Here |
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Item# CDL850
So You Want To Be An Interpreter? (Set)
Text and CD-ROM Study Guide. (shown separately above) |
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Item# HARDVD217
NIC Interview Performance and Practice DVD
The National Interpreter Certification Interview and Performance Exam Practice DVD will allow you to simulate the NIC Interview and Performance test experience, or you can access individual scenarios one at a time to prepare for the exam. DVDs not returnable once opened. [DVD: ASL] |
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Item# HARDVDTEST-P
Full Certification Package (DVD)
Features the Voice-to-Sign series, Viewpoints series and One-to-One Interviews series for a complete test simulation. (7 DVDs) DVDs not returnable once opened.
In Voice-to-Sign, invite three of the most experienced and respected interpreters to be your personal mentors. Practice with and be inspired by a moving lectured by Jenna Cassell, "Living Fully." Compare your interpretations and transliterations to those performed by Lou Fant, Anna Witter-Merithew and Jan Humphrey. Two DVDs: 60 minutes each. In Viewpoints, enhance your interpreting and transliterating voicing skills while learning the viewpoints of six age varient, culturally and linguistically diverse consumers. Excellent voicing demonstrations are included. Three DVDs, 33, 42 and 57 minutes each. One-to-One Interviews series prepares you for interpreting and transliterating in realistic scenarios between a hearing and Deaf consumer. Two DVDs: 55 and 60 minutes. |
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Item# HARDVDINT-EL
Educational Interpreting: Elementary School (DVD)
Elementary Education Interpreting Practice with Modeling. Improve your interpreting with the most valuable language learning tool there is - modeling. Three master interpreters show you how they do it. You're the interpreter for this elementary school lecture. Interpreting Practice: ASL [ASL Productions, Inc./Sign Enhancers; DVD: 40 minutes] DVDs not returnable once opened. |
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Item# HT-901600
Deaf Tend Your: Non-Manual Signals in A.S.L. (VHS)
Byron Bridges and Melanie Metzger. A MUST for interpreters and ASL students! Deaf Tend Your: Non-Manual Signals in American Sign Language shows students of sign language, virtuoso interpreters, native signers, and everyone else along the sign language-acquisition spectrum how to benefit from the study of non-manual signals (NMS.) Forty-nine (49) NMS are provided in this set, each clearly demonstrated in isolation, and within the context of two sample ASL sentences. This book and accompanying videotape are designed to provide information about the non-manual aspects of ASL-what to do with your mouth when signing ASL! The book is packed with information and the video features Byron Bridges demonstrating appropriate mouthing. A MUST for interpreters and ASL students! Book-67 pages; soft cover; VHS: 30 minutes; closed captions; ASL with English voice-over. Product dimensions (imperial): 1 inch H x 8.5 inch L x 11 inch W. Product dimensions (metric): 25.40 mm H x 215.90 mm L x 279.40 mm W. |
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Real Interpreting - Real Situations
People learn a skill better when they can observe it being performed by others. In this three-part series of materials - each with a book and video or dvd - the viewer sees unscripted, unrehearsed interpretations in settings that are normally restricted or difficult to arrange.
Helpful discussions starters and full transcripts of the interpreted dialogues make these observational tools into practice tools! The materials offer abundant opportunities to discuss and analyze the interpretations and to create interpretations from either the videotaped information or the printed English. Use the compelling ideas and materials to take your interpreting to a higher level. |
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Item# LV239/DL239
Interpreting in Insurance Settings (Video or DVD)
VHS Video: 67 mins, closed captions, audio. - Book: 96 pgs, 4-1/4" x 8"
DVD: 66 mins, closed captions, audio. - Book: 96 pgs, 4-1/4" x 8" |
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Item# LV238/DL238
Interpreting in Legal Settings (Video or DVD)
VHS Video: 78 mins, closed captions, audio. - Book: 96 pgs, 4-1/4" x 8"
DVD: 78 mins, closed captions, audio. - Book: 96 pgs, 4-1/4" x 8" |
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Item# LV237/DL237
Interpreting In Medical Settings (Video or DVD)
VHS Video: 45 mins, closed captions, audio. - Book: 72 pgs 4-1/4" x 8"
DVD: 45 mins, closed captions, audio. - Book: 72 pgs, 4-1/4" x 8" |
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Item# HARDVD6A
ASL Practice Series: English Idioms (DVD)
How do you interpret English idioms using ASL? Would you make different choices if you were in a classroom and the Deaf child will see these idioms on a test? Interpreters Jenna Cassell and Joni Dunn show you how to do each! [Sign Enhancers; DVD: 20 minutes; voiced] DVDs not returnable once opened. |
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Item# HARDVD6C
ASL Practice Series: ASL Vocabulary, Affect and Structure (DVD)
Increase your skills with ASL vocabulary, affect and grammar. Jenna demonstrates interpretations of spoken English sentences. Improve your ASL and interpreting skills one easy step at a time! Start with simple sentences and move on to mini-stories, stories, dialogues and jokes. [Sign Enhancers; DVD: 45 minutes; voiced] DVDs not returnable once opened. |
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Item# HARDVD6D
ASL Practice Series: ASL Sentences (DVD)
In ASL Sentences, Nathie Marbury and Mark Azure sign ASL sentences to enhance your recognition of classifiers, numbers, emotional variation, use of space, and improve your sign-to-voice interpreting skills. Team interpreters are provided to demonstrate interpretation options for you. Improve your ASL and interpreting skills one easy step at a time! [Sign Enhancers; DVD: 30 minutes; voiced] DVDs not returnable once opened. |
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Item# HARDVD6E
ASL Practice Series: ASL Mini-Stories (DVD)
Strengthen your ASL comprehension as Nathie Marbury and Mark Azure perform ASL mini-stories. Topics provided for context. Great consecutive interpreting practice! Team interpreters are included to support your growth. Improve your ASL and interpreting skills one easy step at a time! Start with simple sentences and move on to mini-stories, stories, dialogues and jokes. [Sign Enhancers; DVD: 45 minutes; voiced] DVDs not returnable once opened. |
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Item# HARDVD6F
ASL Practice Series: ASL Stories (DVD)
You've graduated to full-length stories! Beautifully signed for receptivity and voice interpreting practice. Demonstrations of interpretations provided. Improve your ASL and interpreting skills one easy step at a time! Start with simple sentences and move on to mini-stories, stories, dialogues and jokes. [Sign Enhancers; DVD: 30 minutes; voiced] DVDs not returnable once opened. |
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Item# HARDVD6G
ASL Practice Series: ASL Dialogues (DVD)
Improve your ability to understand and interpret ASL interviews with three dramatic dialogues: teacher/student, counselor/client, and lawyer/client. Realistic and very emotional, you can hone your skills at matching affect. Interpretation demonstrations included. Improve your ASL and interpreting skills one easy step at a time! Start with simple sentences and move on to mini-stories, stories, dialogues and jokes. [Sign Enhancers; DVD: 25 minutes; voiced] DVDs not returnable once opened. |
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Item# HARDVD6H
ASL Practice Series: ASL Funny Bones (DVD)
It is an advanced skill to voice text that is funny in ASL so it is also enjoyed by your hearing consumers. Laugh your way to improved ASL comprehension and interpreting skills with these ASL jokes and funny stories performed by Lou Fant, Sharon Neumann Solow and Dan Pineda in ASL Funny Bones. Learn how to make it funny in English from the interpretations provided. Improve your ASL and interpreting skills one easy step at a time! Start with simple sentences and move on to mini-stories, stories, dialogues and jokes. [Sign Enhancers; DVD: 25 minutes; voiced] DVDs not returnable once opened. |
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Item# HARDVD6P-8
ASL Practice Series: SET OF 8 (DVD)
Improve your ASL and interpreting skills with one easy step at a time! Model voice interpretation included. Complete set includes "ASL Vocabulary," "ASL Vocabulary, Affect and Structure," "ASL Sentences," "ASL Mini-Stories," "ASL Stories," "ASL Dialogues," "ASL Funny Bones" and "English Idioms." Save when you purchase the complete set! [Sign Enhancers; DVD: voiced] DVDs not returnable once opened. |
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Item# HARDVD128
ASL Role Shifting: "He said, She said..." (DVD)
From nationally recognized workshop presenter and ASL performer Trix Bruce comes this DVD on role shifting. Role shifting is much more than being a narrator. Narrators take on the role of different people in order to tell stories. It is also important for the audience to know which character is speaking. This DVD focuses on ASL storytelling techniques for: developing a story's characters; using role shift, eye gaze, and spatial referencing; identifying speakers; shifting between speakers; matching speakers' affect; understanding the difference between storytelling and discourse. [Trix Bruce; (2005) DVD-R formatted disc: 90 minutes; ASL; not voiced] DVDs not returnable once opened. |
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Item# HARDVD160
ASL Semantics: Precision of Expression (DVD)
Series Focus Word: FALL - Semantics is defined as the study of meanings expressed by the elements of a language or a combination of the elements. A concept expressed in an ASL sign often cannot be conveyed by a single all-purpose English word. Likewise, English words and phrases may have variations in meaning, which require translations using different ASL signs. This workshop on DVD helps the participant advance skills in translating the languages of ASL and English.
Patricia (Trix) Bruce is known nationwide as both a workshop presenter and an ASL performer. Her work has been warmly received everywhere, from local community centers to state, regional and national RID conferences, Deaf Way II, interpreter conventions and more. Highly popular as a teacher of ASL storytelling and ASL interpretation, Trix impresses audiences of all ASL skill levels, from novices to fluent experts. [Trix Bruce; (2005) DVD: 60 minutes; performed in ASL; no voice] DVDs not returnable once opened. |
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Item# HARDVDSURVIVOR
Survivor: Behind the Scenes in the Amazon (DVD)
The Deaf "Survivor" Signs All! Christy Smith, the Deaf woman who challenged herself by joining CBS's reality television game show, "Survivor," shares her exciting and courageous experiences for the first time... in her own language. Millions of television viewers were fascinated to see how a Deaf person could survive the many dangers of the Amazon; snakes, alligators, piranha, and the most challenging of all... hearing people! Christy's inspiration will encourage viewers to dare to challenge themselves and expand their own life experiences.
Excellent for learning about Deaf Culture and improving receptive and interpreting skills. Voice interpreting demonstration provided. [DVD: 50 minutes] DVDs not returnable once opened. |
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Item# HARDVD8A-8L
Deaf Culture Autobiographies & Lectures Set 8A-8L (DVD)
Contains the complete set of 12 DVDs from the Deaf Culture Autobiography and Deaf Culture Lectures series. Save when you purchase this package! [ASL Productions, Inc./Sign Enhancers; (1994) DVD: signed in ASL; voiced] DVDs not returnable once opened. |
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Item# HARDVD1A
Educational Interpreting: 1A Bold as Brianna (DVD)
Giving Voice to Small Hands: Sign-to-Voice Practice with Deaf Children. Elementary School: 7-year-old Deaf child. How better to prepare for interpreting for deaf children than with a confident, articulate seven-year-old willing and able to give you an eye-full. Precious and precocious, Brianna will entertain you as you improve your receptivity and sign-to-voice interpreting skills.
Two certified interpreters provide interpretations for you to compare and contrast to each other and your own work. DVDs not returnable once opened. [DVD: 33 minutes] |
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Item# HARDVD1B
Educational Interpreting: 1B Delightful as Derek (DVD)
Giving Voice to Small Hands: Sign-to-Voice Practice with Deaf Children. Elementary School: 10-year-old Deaf child. Join Derek, a bright and linguistically advanced 10-year-old, as he shares his passion for creative projects and home schooling. His use of ASL will delight and assist you to enhance your own signing and voicing skills.
Two certified interpreters demonstrate how to interpret for Derek. DVDs not returnable once opened. [DVD: 40 minutes] |
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Item# HARDVD1C
Educational Interpreting: 1C Lydia's Lessons (DVD)
Giving Voice to Small Hands: Sign-to-Voice Practice with Deaf Children. Middle School: 12-year-old Deaf child. Lydia shares her school and camp experiences along with a rare opportunity to practice receptive skills and interpreting with a 12-year-old client. Here's your stress-free chance to hone your skills for middle school interpreting.
Two certified interpreters demonstrate how to interpret for Lydia. DVDs not returnable once opened. [DVD: 40 minutes] |
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Item# HARDVD1D
Educational Interpreting: 1D Kudos to Kuualoha (DVD)
Giving Voice to Small Hands: Sign-to-Voice Practice with Deaf Children. Middle School: 13-year-old Deaf child. Kuualoha, a beautiful doe-eyed child from Hawaii, provides commentary on a number of subjects. This is your opportunity to practice and gain confidence interpreting for a middle school client.
Two certified interpreters demonstrate for you to compare, contrast and incorporate what you learn to your own skills. DVDs not returnable once opened. [DVD: 30 minutes] |
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Item# HARDVD1A-1L
Educational Interpreting Set 1A-1L (DVD)
Are you among the majority of professional interpreters working within the educational setting? Do you feel the increasing pressure of deadlines to improve your skills, achieve national certification, and earn CEUs? Whether you are preparing for certification, want to enhance your skills, earn CEUs, or boost your confidence and job satisfaction, this Educational Interpreting Series can help. If purchased individually, you pay $719.40. Save $70.40 when you purchase as a complete package! DVDs not returnable once opened.
Includes 12 DVDs. Each title features two professional interpreters to compare and contrast to each other and your own work. Interpreters: Lee Bradley, Jr.; Melissa Smith; Tom Beierle; Joni M. Dunn; Annette Miner.
Educational Interpreting - Giving Voice to Small Hands: Bold as Brianna, Delightful as Derek, Lydia's Lessons, Kudos to Kuualoha.
Educational Interpreting - Giving a Hand to Small Voices: Ancient Greece.
Educational Interpreting - Giving a Hand to Good Education: A Lesson with Heart, A Mother's Perspective on the IEP Process, Why Can't We All Be Purple?
Educational Interpreting - Giving Voice to Good Education: Introduction to Videography, History of Fashion Design, The World in Your Hands, Science and Drama in Motion.
Benefits: Boost your skills, prepare for certification, earn CEUs. Practice with natural language samples for K-12 and college. Learn to read children's signs and improve voicing skills. Enjoy age-variant, multi-cultural, linguistically diverse stimuli without the pressure of being in the "hot seat." Improve your reception and voicing with D/deaf teachers providing articulate, linguistically varied academic lectures. Interpret lectures with hearing teachers from different academic levels on a variety of educational subjects. Enhance your abilities with technical vocabulary and content. Learn from demonstrations of target language appropriate for a variety of grade levels and linguistic abilities. Benefit from two unrehearsed interpreting demonstrations by nationally certified interpreters for every sample. Practice again and again, each time incorporating more of what you learned to enhance your own interpreting skills. |
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Item# HARBDVD188
Educational Interpreting A Practical Approach (Book, DVD)
A consumer awareness, rights, and responsibilities series for students, teachers, interpreters, and parents of deaf children. Produced in actual classroom settings, this award-winning series offers a practical and comprehensive approach to important aspects of educational interpreting?emphasizing information and strategies that are necessary to provide deaf and hard of hearing individuals with optimal communication access to education. Issues raised in the videos are reviewed in greater detail in the companion booklet. A companion website provides additional materials and resources related to this series. The valuable information in this series underscores the need for hiring trained and qualified interpreters. The goal is to increase public awareness aimed at making education in school settings more accessible to learners who are deaf or hard of hearing. [(2005) 234 pages; soft cover; coil bound; 2 DVDs]
This series includes: eight captioned programs on two DVDs; comprehensive companion booklet; updated website for additional resources. Topic highlights:
Educational Interpreters: An Introduction - Discusses the roles, responsibilities, qualifications, and professional ethics of educational interpreters;
Working with Educational Interpreters: Teacher's Guide - Features strategies and resources for teachers and other school personnel in grades K-12 to facilitate full inclusion of students;
Employing Educational Interpreters - Includes aspects of hiring, managing, and scheduling educational interpreters;
Evaluating Educational Interpreting Services - Contains guidelines, practical strategies, and resources for evaluating educational interpreting services;
Students Working with Educational Interpreters, Parts I & II - Provides strategies for students to use educational interpreting services effectively;
Educational Interpreters: Advocacy Information - Addresses important issues for parents regarding their children's rights to an interpreted education;
Requesting/Using Interpreting Services - Includes strategies on how to request and work with interpreters in community and college settings. |
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Item# HARVT913
It's Just a Phrase You're Going Through (VHS)
Mark Mitchum encourages interpreters to become more creative in signing some very common phrases that are found in hymns and choruses. Using Melanie Bell as an example of a "typical church interpreter" (which she is!), Mark points out areas that could be improved upon by all interpreters. This video has a humorous side to it, but also a very serious message of interpreting music in a way that would benefit the Deaf and give honor and glory to the Lord. [Heartland Ministries; VHS: 54 minutes; signed in ASL; voiced with music] Videotapes not returnable once opened. |
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