INT 4211 - Transliterating

Communications Department

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Spring 2020 (570)

Requisites

Prerequisite INT 3205C with a minimum grade of C

Course Description

This course reinforces the principles of transliterating from the source language of English to the target language of codes of English in K-12 educational settings. Activities will be reinforced through drill, practice, role play demonstration, and video and audio taped materials in K-12 educational settings. The student will learn the techniques of self-assessment through media produced assessment and class discussion/analysis.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will accurately transliterate spoken information into a Manual English Code by:
    1. analyzing the use of transliteration skills as performed in taped or live voice materials with a timed rate of 100 words per minute.
    2. performing from taped or live voice materials.
  2. The student will apply the principles of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) Code of Ethics to a variety of transliterating situations by:
    1. demonstrating professional judgment in problem-solving related to the application of the interpreting code of ethics.
    2. identifying basic principles of the application of the interpreting code of ethics through written testing.
  3. The student will use fingerspelling and Signed English vocabulary in transliteration by:
    1. demonstrating clarity and fluency in fingerspelling and Signed English Vocabulary via live application and via media produced materials.
  4. The student will create and use conceptually accurate technical signs for transliterating situations in which they are appropriate in the K-12 educational by:
    1. explaining the principles of conceptually accurate interpreting and transliterating.
    2. applying vocabulary in live and media produced materials.
  5. The student will adjust transliterating register from ASL to Manual Coded English, including Pidgin Signed English in K-12 educational settings by:
    1. defining the concepts of ASL, Manually Coded English, and Pidgin Signed English.
    2. analyzing the concept of interpreting register.
    3. improving media-produced materials to adjust register where shifts are required from interpreting in K-12 educational settings.
  6. The student will continue to incorporate appropriate facial expression, body language, and gesture in K-12 educational settings by:
    1. demonstrating non-manual signals in transliterating performance.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I Approval: 09/05/2019, BOT Approval: 09/24/2019, Effective Term: Spring 2020 (570)

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