Date:

Tuesdays and Thursdays

Course Outline:                    

  Assignments

Week 1:

January 6

January 8

Introduce Course Syllabus; Consecutive Interpreting Activity

Classifier Activity; Consecutive interpreting activities

Course Syllabus Handouts

HW: 1. Read Preface in CI

2. Voice interpret on “The Gift” due: Tuesday Jan. 13

HW: Read Introduction to Consecutive Interpreting and Unit 1: Intralingual Exercises: Prepare a 2-3 min of autobiography about yourself

ASL/English Improvement Plan due

Week 2:

January 13

January 15

Discuss Introduction to CI: What is Consecutive Interpreting; 5 Step Follow Up; & Notetaking.

Do Unit 1.1 exercise in class: Monologue; discuss work with peers

Do Exercise 1.2: Monologic activity in class, discuss work with peers, ASL Classifiers activity

HW: 1. Prepare a 4 minute autobiography of self that includes numbers and names.

2. Sign translate from voice interpretation of “The Gift”

Due:  Thurs Jan 15.

3. Do back translation of “The Gift” Due: Tuesday, Jan 20

Week 3:

January 20

January 22

Do Exercise 1.3: Dialogue in class; Discuss ASL Classifiers

Do “Catnaps” in class

Discuss Unit 2: Errors in Interpretation, Class activity: Discuss 2.1 Newspaper Layout;

ASL Classifier activity

HW: Read Unit 2: Errors in Interpretation

HW: Record your interpretation on 2.1 Newspaper Layout and 2.2 Captown Sound for review

Week 4:

 January 27

January 29

Review Units 2.1 & 2.2

Discuss Unit 2.3 My Big Move

 

Discuss Unit 3: The Listening Phase; Go over 3.1 & 3.2 in class

HW: Read Unit 3: The Listening Phase; Do exercises 3.1 & review 3.2

1^st Videotape due: “3.2 Sailing”

Read Unit 4: Notetaking and Analysis

Week 5:

February  3

February 5

Discuss Unit 4: Notetaking & Analysis; Discuss 4.1; 4.2 & 4.3 Do activities in class.

Written Midterm on CI: Introduction; Units 1-4, ASL Classifiers.

Review Exercises 4.1-4.3 Videotape yourself on 4.3 & get peer review,feedback papers due Thurs Feb. 12.

Study for Midterm

Read Unit 5: Memory

Week 6:

February 10

February 12

Do Memory Exercise; Do Lou Fant’s 20 Sentences

Discuss Unit 5: Memory

Go over Units 5.1 & 5.2

Peer Review on 20 Sentences feedback due: Thurs Feb 14

Analyze Exercise 5.3: “Big Grandma”

Read Unit 6:Reformulation

Week 7:

February 17

February 19

Discuss Reformulation

Do Unit 6.1 in class

Discuss & do Unit 6.2 in class

2^nd Videotape & transcript due: 5.3 “ Big Grandma”

Review ASL Expansion techniques (from packet)

Do 6.3 for peer review

Week 8:

February 24

February 26

Discuss ASL Expansion techniques

Continue discussion on ASL Expansion

Read Unit 7: Monitoring & Correction

Week 9:

March 3

March 5

Discuss Unit 7: Monitoring & Correction; Go over Unit 7.1 in class

Discuss 7. 2 & 7.3, Vt. 7.2 in class

Review Exercises 7.2 & 7.3

Week 10:

March 10

March 12

Final (3^rd) Videotape & transcript  do in class

Discuss student work

Study for Final Exam

Week 11:

March 17

March 19

Final Written Exam

Teacher Corrections

Practice Log and Outside Activities Papers Due

Week 12:

March 24 & 25

Finals Week

Individual Student appointments