These resources are designed to accompany the workshop for the National Association of Interpreters in Education in Colorado in June 2016.
Workshop Presentation
Workshop Resources
Workshop Description & Objectives
Description
Educational discourse is highly structured, with predictable and repeated patterns through all grades and types of classroom activities. Interpreters need to have strong mental maps of these discourse types and be able to express them clearly through use of space and prosodic features in ASL. This workshop will use a combination of discussion and interactive activities to develop the knowledge and practice the skills that address the following challenges:
- What are the patterns of language in use in the classroom?
- What are the various options for use of space in ASL and how can they most effectively convey classroom content?
- What is prosody and how can we represent English prosodic features in a visual form?
- What does Discourse Mapping mean in the EIPA system?
Objectives
Successful participants will be able to:
- To list at least 5 features of discourse maps;
- To compare and contrast texts (both ASL and English) with and without discourse mapping features;
- To practice the use of discourse mapping within a rehearsed interpretation or transliteration.
About the Presenters
Doug Bowen-Bailey is an interpreter, mentor, educator, and resource developer who lives in Duluth, MN. He has partnered with the CATIE Center at St. Catherine University to create numerous CDs, DVDS, and online modules related to interpreting in healthcare and educational interpreting. Along with Patty Gordon, he created the Teaching Interpreters in Public Schools (TIPS) process to support educational interpreters in raising the level of service in the classroom and their performance on the EIPA, so he is experienced with issues related to both healthcare and education. He currently serves as the webmaster for healthcareinterpreting.org and the Conference of Interpreter Trainers. Doug can be contacted at dbb@digiterp.com.
Patty Gordon has a B.A. in Linguistics from Metropolitan State University and a Master of Liberal Studies from the University of Minnesota as well as certificates from the University of Colorado’s Teaching ASL and Master Mentor programs. She is a community interpreter in private practice for over 24 years, an adjunct instructor in the ASL Interpreting Department at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota and has developed an taught workshops focused on ASL linguistics, interpreting process strategies, mentoring and performing arts interpreting, among others. As a consultant, she provides interpreter evaluation, program development, ASL media translation, and curriculum development. As a mentor and mentor trainer she has worked and offered support to programs in Minnesota, Alabama, Louisiana, Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas and New Brunswick, Canada. Patty can be contacted at pattygordon@mac.com.