Date changed to May 11, 2013!
Location
Willmar Education and Art Center
611 5th Street SW
Willmar MN 56201
Description
Numbers are a basic expression of language fluency yet many interpreters do not produce ASL’s various number systems correctly. As an interpreter in the educational system, you are a language model for Deaf students. Consider the following example: “Please turn to chapter three. Read about Christopher Columbus’ third voyage in his three ships. On this trip, he finally reached South America where he spent ¾ of a year exploring.” This utterance expresses four different numbering systems in ASL.
Numbering systems differ in English and ASL. English is relatively straightforward with only two categories. In contrast, ASL has more than two-dozen systems including nominals, fractions, quantifiers, and spatial/temporal. While many systems are familiar, interpreters can struggle with knowing which system to use. This is especially true with some of the more unique systems. Expressing ASL numbers incorrectly can make an interpreted message difficult for Deaf students to understand, hinder comprehension of educational content, affect their language development, fluency, and proficiency.
Using signed video texts, participants will learn to recognize, accurately articulate, and correctly use specific ASL numbering systems used in education. Increase your language fluency in ASL with numbers!
Topics we will cover
- Recognize different ASL numbering systems commonly encountered in education
- Learn how to articulate the different number systems
- Know when to use a particular system in an ASL message
- View ASL numbers used in context
- Enhance language accuracy, competency and comprehensibility in ASL messages
CEUs
8:30-11:30 AM
Three-hour workshop offering 0.3 CEUs in the Professional Studies category. Requires some content pre-knowledge.
Registration
Free for educational interpreters or school employees in Regions 6 & 8. $50 for those outside the region. Maximum capacity of 40 people.
Send free registrations to Janell Bullard, bullardj@willmar.k12.mn.us. Paid registrations should be made to Willmar Public Schools and mailed. Registration deadline is Tuesday, May 7, 2013.
Information
This workshop will be presented in ASL. If you require accommodations, please email your request to bullardj@willmar.k12.mn.us by Tuesday, May 7, 2013.