ASL Performatives: Shift happens

Isolated image of gear shift for a manual transmission car

When

Start: March 29, 2014 at 8:00 AM
End: March 29, 2014 at 5:00 PM

Hosted by the San Diego Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

Location

UCSD
Pepper Canyon Hall, room 340
9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093

Description

Performatives are a commonly-occurring ASL discourse feature that include constructed action and dialogues. Often referred to as Character Role Shifting, this form of discourse can be challenging for interpreters to recognize and render accurately in spoken English due to its complex use of space and subtle movements of the eyes and body.

This fun and informative workshop will expose interpreters to principles of performatives, provide steps for how to recognize and produce them in ASL texts, and show video examples of performatives in context for analysis and interpreting practice.

While not a quick-fix workshop, this session will enable interpreters at all levels to look at their work in a new, more effective way. Shift happens, so be ready for it!

Topics we will cover

  • Identify key principles of ASL performatives
  • Understand the subtle eye and body movements used to produce constructed texts
  • Recognize and produce performatives in ASL discourse
  • Interpret performatives more effectively

CEUs

Eight-hour workshop requiring some content pre-knowledge, and offering 0.8 CEUs in the Professional Studies category by the Western Region Interpreter Education Center at Western Oregon University, an approved RID CMP and ACET sponsor.

Costs

$55.00 SDCRID student members
$65.00 non-member students
$80.00 SDCRID members
$95.00 non-members/before March 12
$105.00 after March 12–at the door*
(*Lunch not guaranteed after March 12)

Contact

PDC@sdcrid.org, 858-774-2455

Audience

Open to interpreter practitioners and advanced interpreting students. Workshop will be conducted in ASL with no spoken English interpretation.

Registration

Download the flyer.
Register at SDCRID’s Wild Apricot page.

Sponsors

Network Interpreting Services
San Diego California Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
UC San Diego Dept of Education Studies

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