Semantic Integrity - ASL/English:

Recognizing Context Clues and Expanding ASL/English Lexicon

Developer:  Julie Weisenburg, MS

Contributor:  Mary Altuna

Level:  Beginning to advanced

Maximum Number of Participants: 25

Total hours: 4 hours

An interpreter's ability to comprehend and accurately relay a message from one language into another is the heart of the profession.  This workshop focuses on the expansion of lexicon in both ASL and English and provides clues to ascertain the appropriateness of choice.

New York State Performance Competencies:

  • Sign Vocabulary: accuracy, clarity
  • English Vocabulary: accuracy, clarity
  • Developing sense of whole message

    • New York State Knowledge Competencies:

  • Sign systems
  • ASL Semantics
  • Interpreting/transliterating theory



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