Modes, Models, Miscues

Developer: Cathy Markland, MS, CSC, CI & CT

Level:  Novice - beginner

Maximum Number of Participants: 20

Total hours: one 8-hour session OR two 4-hour sessions, OR four 2-hour sessions

Students will be exposed to various interpreting models and types of miscues. The goals of the workshop will be to use and apply the interpreting models to increase their own analysis of miscues.  By understanding a miscue a student will be able to utilize and interpret cultural linguistic equivalents.

New York State Performance Competencies:

Message Processing: Voice to Sign
  • Stress/Emphasis for Important Words or Phrases
  • Affect/Emotions
  • Register
  • Sentence & Clause Boundaries Represented by Sentence Types
  • Use of Verb Directionality/Pronominal System
  • Comparison/Contrast, Sequence & Cause/Effect
  • Location/Relationship using ASL Classifier System
  • Use of English Morphological Markers
  • Follows Grammar of ASL or PSE (if appropriate)
  • Clearly Mouths Speaker's English (if appropriate)

    • Message Processing: Sign to Voice
  • Can Read & Convey Signer's Signs
  • Can Read & Convey Signer's Fingerspelling & Numbers
  • Can Read & Convey Signer's Register
  • Can Read & Convey Signer's Non-Manual Behaviors & ASL Morphology
  • Vocal/Intonational Features
  • Speech Production: Rate, Rhythm, Fluency, Volume
  • Vocal/Intonational Features: Sentence/Clause Boundaries Indicated
  • Vocal/Intonational Features: Sentence Types
  • Vocal/Intonational Features: Emphasizes Important Words, Phrases, Affect/Emotions
  • Word Choice: Correct English Word Selection
  • Adds No Extraneous Words/Sounds to Message



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