IT 200 - ASL/English Consecutive Interpretation

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Kapiolani Community College

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9 hours lecture per week for six weeks Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; ASL 202 or equivalent; IT 112; or instructor's consent. Comment: IT 200 is a 6-week, intensive course. IT 200 builds on the knowledge and practices gained in IT 112, Translation Techniques and focuses on concepts related to consecutive interpretation. Various texts are examined and practiced to further illustrate the differences in the organization of information in American Sign Language and English. Strategies are practiced for obtaining message equivalence in the target language. Interpreting theory, team-interpreting practices, text analysis and feedback strategies are applied to situations which allow for sufficient processing time. Discussion about how and when these are applied in educational settings is included. Upon successful completion of IT 200, the student should be able to: Analyze source language texts for content, context, affect, cultural considerations, and register using mind-mapping and other types of non-verbal representations. Compare and contrast ASL and English vocabulary, syntax and other linguistic features between the source and target languages. Demonstrate strategies for finding equivalent messages between the source and target languages. 6 Shadow messages in ASL and English on lexical, phrasal, sentential and textual levels. Discuss various language models, translations and consecutive interpretations in both ASL and English. Practice the Process Interpreting Model in a consecutive mode. Diminish the amount of processing time needed to produce a successful consecutive interpretation. Apply the appropriate interpreting techniques (comprehension, representation, text analysis, discrimination, cloze, prediction, retrieval) required for consecutive interpretations. Discuss when consecutive interpretation is desirable and appropriate in educational and other settings. Discuss the "demands" evident in a situation and the "controls" that are available to the interpreter to produce an effective interpretatio Participate in individual and small group activities that require consecutive interpretation strategies. Provide structured feedback and evaluations to classmates during small group activities. Demonstrate expanded ASL and English vocabularies while working with materials drawn from K-12 classrooms.

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4.00

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Institution Website:

kapiolani.hawaii.edu/page/home

Phone Number:

(808) 734-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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