In the course knowledge pertaining to age-related changes in human capabilities, preferences, and tendencies will be translated into applied design and intervention techniques . A Sociocultural Perspective on the Deaf Community Introduction to the Deaf community and Deaf culture. Discussion of similarities to, and differences from, mainstream hearing culture. Supplemental videotapes focus on aspects of the culture including Deaf education, autobiographical sketches, Deaf norms and values, and Deaf literature and folklore. Theoretical issues of culture and linguistics applied to Deaf culture, American Sign Language, and the variety of cultural perspectives of the Deaf community.
Students also engage in a research project related to course content.
INTR 630 Principles and Practices of Consecutive Interpretation Introduction to the theory and practice of consecutive interpretation. Analyzes and integrates specific subtasks of the interpreting process culminating in the performance of prepared and spontaneous consecutive interpretations. Students work with a variety of texts, language models, and settings with the goal of producing a grammatically correct target language text which is equivalent to the source language text. INTR 732 Simultaneous Interpretation of Discussions, Speeches, and Reports Focuses on the simultaneous interpretation of group discussions, speeches, and reports. Students apply theory learned in INTR 636 to a variety of texts, language models, and settings.