Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Educational Interpreting Certificate Program (EICP) or permission of instructor required. Introduces concept of interpreting as a profession and exploring what student needs to know and do to be a professional interpreter.
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Educational Interpreting Certificate Program (EICP) or permission of instructor required. Focuses on theories of child development and acquisition of first language, understanding of children's/youths' development and integral role language plays in that development.
Prerequisite: EDI 111. Acceptance into the Educational Interpreting Certificate Program (EICP) or permission of instructor required. Delves into language acquisition and cognition, focusing on children who are deaf or hard of hearing, and on acquisition of ASL and types of discourse common in classroom, BICS, CALP.
Prerequisite: EDI 101. Acceptance into the Educational Interpreting Certificate Program (EICP) or permission of instructor required. Overview of public education/deaf education practices, legal foundation for inclusion in public schools, and Individualized Education Plan.
Prerequisites: EDI 101, EDI 111, EDI 112, & EDI 113. Acceptance into the Educational Interpreting Certificate Program (EICP) or permission of instructor required. Covers historical background and current efforts in development of professional guidelines for Educational Interpreting, focusing on standards guiding role, responsibilities, and practices of the profession.
Prerequisites: EDI 101, EDI 113. Acceptance into the Educational Interpreting Certificate Program (EICP) or permission of instructor required. Investigate languages/communication modes used particularly by deaf students in public schools, acquire ASL transcription skills, and discuss implications language choices have for interpreters.
Prerequisite: EDI 121. Acceptance into the Educational Interpreting Certificate Program (EICP) or permission of instructor required. Focuses on discourse/language, its analysis, and meaning in classroom. Discusses how interpretation requires understanding of context and intent, not simply individual words/signs, and its effect on students access to information.
Prerequisite: Acceptance into Educational Interpreting Certificate Program (EICP) or permission of instructor required. Focuses on foundational skills essential to effective interpreting including text analysis, abstracting, paraphrasing, linguistic/meaning analysis, feedback/self-assessment skills, and glossing/transcription.
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Educational Interpreting Certificate Program (EICP) or permission of instructor required. Focuses on skill development for educational interpreters including language (signed, spoken) and interpreting/transliterating skills. Students develop self-assessment skills and practice professional feedback strategies.
Prerequisites: EDI 124, EDI 131. Acceptance into the Educational Interpreting Certificate Program (EICP) or permission of instructor required. Further skill development, focused on visual language, continued application of self-analysis/transcription skills to enhance interpret effectiveness, and assignment of mentor (to foster fluency in signing). Formats: WebCT, videotape exchange, feedback.
Prerequisites: EDI 124, EDI 131, EDI 132. Acceptance into the Educational Interpreting Certificate Program (EICP) or permission of instructor required. Further/final skill development lab, focused on visual language, continued application of self-analysis/transcription skills enhancing interpret effectiveness, and assignment of mentor (to foster fluency in signing). Formats: WebCT, videotape exchange, feedback.