This course presents the skills required to transmit English into manually coded English and vice versa and introduces a variety of manual codes and their relationship to American Sign Language. ITP 103 or equivalent. This course provides further studies in transmitting English into a manually coded system and vice versa. It also introduces other sign English codes and how they relate to American Sign Language. ITP 108, 202.
Role play in actual experiences.
This course provides classroom work giving verbatim translations and voicing materials. There is an emphasis on the use of tapes and simulated situations. Vocabulary development, word endings and use of temporary signs are included. The student will learn to translate simultaneously from manual to spoken English and to interpret from ASL into spoken English. In addition, the student will acquire skill in reading and translating the manual alphabet and in interpreting from various forms of manual communication into appropriate English diction.