Innovative Practices for Teaching Sign Language Interpreters

Download or read book Innovative Practices for Teaching Sign Language Interpreters written by Cynthia B. Roy and published by Gallaudet University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents six dynamic teaching practices that treat interpreting as an active process between two languages and cultures, suggesting social interaction, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis as more appropriate frameworks. The contributors explain how to develop textual coherence skills, use role-play and recall protocols as teaching strategies, and implement graduation portfolios. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR