IT 102 - Interpreting Readiness Skills

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Kapiolani Community College

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Description:

4 hours lecture per week for 8 weeks Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; ASL 202 or equivalent, IT 101 or instructor consent. Comment: IT 102 is an 8-week course. IT 102 focuses on the foundational skills interpreters require that will enable them to identify the speaker's main point, details and reason for speaking, and hold that information in their memory along with the message so they can effectively convey it in English or ASL. This course provides the theoretical knowledge and the practical strategies interpreting students need to perform this series of tasks. Upon successful completion of IT 102, the student should be able to: Describe and practice the Process Interpreting & Sociolinguistic Models. Identify and explain the possible types of text goals/intentions a speaker may use. Analyze a source language message for the speaker's goal and intention. Decode, represent, and organize source language information according to text type. Paraphrase accurately messages rendered in ASL and English. Shadow messages rendered in ASL and English on the lexical, phrasal, sentential and textual levels. Identify the main goal of various texts in English and ASL. Identify the supporting points of various texts in English and ASL. Predict the conclusion of a partially presented message. Perform cloze skills in English and ASL on the lexical, phrasal, sentential and textual levels. Analyze a variety of messages for gender, age and regional differences. Analyze ("Four-Fold") a message for the speaker's perspective, main points, details, and omitted information/perspectives Demonstrate auditory and visual discrimination skills at 80-100% accuracy. Participate in various verbatim and semantic memory enhancement exercises. Demonstrate an improved score on speed reading comprehension checks. Compare and contrast ASL and English linguistic features on an introductory level. Provide structured feedback and evaluations to classmates during small group activities.

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2.00

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Institution Website:

kapiolani.hawaii.edu/page/home

Phone Number:

(808) 734-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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