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Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
The Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing is a statewide special library dedicated to meeting the information and accessibility needs of the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind communities, as well as meeting the information needs about hearing loss to all Tennesseans.
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Provides a guided exploration of the dimensions that impact ethical decision-making and engages interpreters in a variety of discussions and activities designed to foster greater degrees of ethical fitness. Fosters a collegial investigation of ethics and ethical decision-making as the cornerstone of effective autonomous practice.
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This dvd is one of a three-part series designed to focus on the specific areas for interpreting skill development. Interpreting in Legal Settings presents unscripted, unrehearsed interpretations in legal settings. It provides terminology sections, discussion starters, and a full transcript for each scenario in the recommended accompanying manual. This offers opportunities to discuss and analyze the interpretations and to create interpretations...
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One of a three-part series designed to focus on the specific areas for interpreting skill development. Interpreting in Insurance Settings presents unscripted, unrehearsed interpretations in insurance settings. It provides terminology sections, discussion starters, and a full transcript for each scenario in the recommended accompanying manual. This offers opportunities to discuss and analyze the interpretations and to create interpretations from...
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To be an effective sign language interpreter, one needs a high level of skill in the languages used to interpret. ASL Skills Development is full of challenging exercises with taped source materials that make necessary ASL skills strong and flexible and prepares one to move on to more advanced skills. Helpful theoretical introductions for each topic, study questions and comprehension sections called "Get to Know the Signer" make these materials a...
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Video of source materials to be used with a workbook to help interpreters develop strong and flexible English skills. Topics include: visual form and meaning, meaning and visual form, lexical substitution, paraphrasing propositions, paraphrasing discourse, main idea identification, and summarizing.
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"The authors have been developing the demand control schema (DC-S) and their practice-profession approach to community interpreting since 1995. With its early roots pertaining to occupational health in the interpreting field, DC-S has evolved into a holistic work analysis framework which guides interpreters in their development of ethical and effective decision-making skills. Adapted from Robert Karasek's demand control theory, this textbook is the...
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"Institutions of higher learning around the nation have embraced the concept of student civic engagement as part of their curricula, a movement that has spurred administrators in various fields to initiate programs as part of their disciplines. In response, sign language interpreting educators are attempting to devise service-learning programs aimed at Deaf communities. Except for a smattering of journal articles, however, they have had no primary...
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