E D U C AT I O N A L I n t e r p r e t in g S e r ies
Almost seven hours of interpreting practice...
Nearly fourteen hours of demonstrations!
n Boost your skills, prepare for certification, and earn CEUs.
n Enhance your voicing skills with naturally signed samples of D/deaf children and adults.
n Gain skills with age-variant, multi-cultural, linguistically diverse consumers.
n Enhance your abilities with technical vocabulary and content.
n Benefit from two unrehearsed interpreting demonstrations by certified interpreters.
n View again and again, incorporating more of what you see to your own skills.
Your Interpreting CONSUMERS…
Your OWN PROFESSIONAL Interpreting Team…
Lee Bradley, Jr.
Melissa Smith
Tom Beierle
Joni M. Dunn
Annette Miner
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Giving Voice to Small Hands
Sign-to-Voice Practice with D/deaf Children
Bold as Brianna
Elementary: 7-Year-Old Deaf Child
How better to prepare for interpreting for D/deaf children than with a
confident, articulate seven-year-old willing to give you an eye-full. Precious and
precocious, Brianna will entertain you as you improve your interpreting skills.
As with each tape in the series, two certified interpreters provide interpretations for you to compare to each other and your own work. 33 min.
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You’ll be ‘surprised’
at how Brianna
helps you.
Elementary: 10-Year-Old Deaf Child Join Derek, a bright and linguistically advanced 10-year-old, as he shares his
passion for creative projects and home schooling. His use of ASL will delight
you as you enhance your signing and voicing skills!
Benefit from two certified interpreters demonstrating how to interpret for Derek. 40 min.
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Derek is ‘happy’
to boost your
confidence.
Lydia’s Lessons
Middle School: 12-Year-Old Deaf Child
Lydia shares her school and camp experiences along with a rare opportunity to
practice sign comprehension and interpreting for a 12-year-old client. Here’s
your stress-free chance to hone your skills for interpreting in middle school or
for VRS.
Remember, you have two team interpreters to demonstrate how to interpret for Lydia. 40 min.
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Lydia adds
‘strength’ to your
skills!
Kudos to Kuualoha
Middle School: 13-Year-Old Deaf Child
Kuualoha, a beautiful doe-eyed child from Hawaii, provides commentary on
a number of subjects. Accept this assignment to practice and gain confidence
interpreting for a middle school client.
Two certified interpreters demonstrate as you compare, contrast and incorporate
what you learn to your own skills. 30 min.
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Giving a Hand to Small Voices
Voice-to-Sign Practice with Hearing Children
School Report on Ancient Greece
Middle School: 12-Year-Old Hearing Child
We usually think about interpreting for D/deaf children, but often need to understand
the speech (and thought) patterns of their hearing classmates. Krisjana is a hearing
child presenting a report on “Ancient Greece.” A great way to practice with
vocabulary from the classroom BEFORE you have to sit in the ‘hot seat.’
Is it all “Greek to you?” No need to worry! Two interpreters will show you how. 30 min. Order# 1E-DVD $59.95
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Interpret Krisjana’s
report on “Ancient
Greece.”
Giving a Hand to Good Education
Voice-to-Sign Practice with Hearing Teachers and Parents
A Lesson with Heart
Elementary: Anatomy
An interesting 4th grade teacher, Jeanne Cicchetto, presents a lesson on Anatomy
including the respiratory system, digestive system, and the heart that will increase
your familiarity with this vocabulary and content. Improve your interpreting skills for
this subject matter and grade level by accepting this assignment.
You won’t be alone…we provide two interpreters to demonstrate it for you. 55 min.
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A Mother’s Perspective on the IEP Process
Ms. Cicchetto makes
Anatomy interesting.
K-12: Parents as Advocates
Maxine Camvel is a parent of a Deaf daughter wanting to make it easier for other
parents. She gives valuable insight into how to advocate for your children by
maximizing parent input to the Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) process.
This program also provides an opportunity to interpret vocabulary and emotional
content commonly expressed by parents.
Your two team interpreters demonstrate how to interpret this sample. 1 hr.
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Ms. Camvel, a
Deaf child’s mom,
helps other parents.
Why Can’t We All Be Purple?
High School/Post Secondary: Political Science
Practice interpreting with this fascinating high school teacher and college professor.
He gives a historical perspective for America’s current political climate. Increase your
familiarity with terminology related to current events and politics while you improve
your skills.
Of course, this program also provides two certified interpreters to demonstrate their interpretations for you to compare, contrast and incorporate within your own skills. 45 min.
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Harry Steinmetz
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Giving Voice to Good Education
Sign-to-Voice Practice with Deaf Teachers
Introduction to Videography
High School: Communication Arts
A very entertaining high school instructor, Jason Stewart, gives a dynamic, interactive
lesson to high school students. Increase your ASL vocabulary related to videography and
improve your ASL interpreting skills for this age group.
You have help… two team interpreters present their interpretations for you. 45 min.
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It’s ‘time’ to interpret for
Jason, a dynamic teacher!!
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History of Fashion Design
Middle/High School: History
Marla Marks gives a lesson on the history of fashion. She signs and fingerspells very
clearly, yet at a pace that would challenge the best of interpreters. This is a wonderful,
non-threatening way to improve your confidence with interpreting in the academic or
video relay settings.
Not sure how to put all that content into English so quickly? Listen to the demonstrations
of your two team interpreters included on this program. 40 min.
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Are Marla’s hands
quicker than your mouth?
The World in Your Hands
Middle/High School: Science
Thomas Dunn gives a Science lecture about the delicate balance of the Earth that will
fascinate you … while you work on your sign-to-voice interpreting skills. Enjoy the
articulate visual representations Mr. Dunn uses…now if you could only figure out how
to say that in English!
Don’t worry, we provide two team interpreters to demonstrate for you. 30 min.
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the world in his hands!
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Science and Drama in Motion
High School/College: Science and Drama
Isias Eaton will impress you with his poetic and dramatic use of ASL as he teaches and
entertains all who watch. Finding a way to produce an equivalent message in English for
these energetic and dynamic ASL performances is your task!
Well… we’ll send along two team interpreters to help you get the job done. 35 min.
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ASL and Interpreting Practice Series
Improve your ASL and interpreting skills one easy step at a time!
Start with simple sentences and move on to mini-stories, stories,
dialogues and jokes. ALL include interpreting demonstrations for you!
English Idioms How do you interpret English idioms using ASL? What if
your client was a Deaf child who will see these idioms on a test? Jenna Cassell
and Joni Dunn demonstrate how to do each!
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ASL Vocabulary Improve vocabulary, grammar, and interpreting skills.
Practice sentences with Jenna using ASL conversational signs you need to
know. 20 min.
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ASL Vocabulary, Affect, and Structure Increase your skills with ASL
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ASL Sentences Enhance your recognition of ASL features and improve
your sign-to-voice skills as Nathie and Mark sign ASL sentences and team
interpreters provide demonstrations for you. 30 min.
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ASL Mini-Stories Strengthen your ASL comprehension as Nathie and
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ASL Stories Graduate to full-length stories! Beautifully signed for receptivity
and interpreting practice. You’re not alone. Interpreters included. 30 min.
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ASL Dialogues Improve your ability to understand/interpret ASL interviews
with three dramatic dialogues: teacher/student, counselor/client, and lawyer/
client. Realistic and emotional, you can practice matching affect. 25 min.
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ASL Funny Bones Laugh your way to improved ASL and interpreting skills
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ASL Grammatical Aspects Course
Enhance your ASL skills while you earn up to 2.0 CEUs!
ASL Grammatical Aspects: Guidebook
CEU
Interpreters, ASL students, and educators, treat yourself to a
20-hour, ready-made course for your classroom or independent
study. Learn to use ten of the most commonly used ASL linguistic
features. Comparison of ASL and conceptually accurate signed
English demonstrated on the companion media (see below). Earn
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Required companion media: 2001 DVD, Video and/or 2001 CD-ROM
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ASL Grammatical Aspects: CD-ROM
Five-time award-winner! Beginners to interpreters will
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independent study. Includes full-screen video, speed
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A self-contained course! Use with the
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CEU
Minimum computer requirements: 386SXPC, Windows, 256-color display,
MPC compatible CD-ROM drive, and a mouse. (Sound board optional.)
ASL Grammatical Aspects: DVD (or VHS)
Use this CD with the Guidebook for
20 hours of interactive activities!
Feast your eyes on a rare comparison of ASL and
conceptually accurate signed English. Your four
instructors (Billy Seago, Jenna Cassell, Nathie Marbury,
and Jack Cassell) demonstrate the sentences from the
Guidebook. Learn to apply the grammatical features
addressed in the course. Contains the same excellent
video clips as the CD-ROM. 60 min.
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educational & performance INTERPRETING
Educational Interpreting Demonstrations
Elementary School Lecture:
Practice voice-to-sign interpreting and transliterating with a real
teacher from the elementary school setting. A team of THREE certified
interpreters are included to help you. Compare all the interpreters,
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High School Lecture:
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teacher from the high school setting. A team of THREE certified interpreters are included to help you. Compare all the interpreters and
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Sign-to-Voice Practice with D/deaf Children
Enhance your ability to understand and interpret children’s signing with spontaneous, natural language
samples. Voiced interpretations are provided on each tape to support your growth.
10-Year-Old Storyteller
Practice interpreting this child, then hear two interpretations for Scott and you’ll see this
sample is as valuable as it is entertaining. Learn from the team interpreters provided. 60 min.
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Deaf Children Signers-23 Stories
Practice interpreting with 13 children (ages 9-19) using their natural language.
Compare your work with the model interpreters. 60 min.
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More Deaf Children Signers
Enhance your skills with a variety of precious young children (ages 5-11) without any
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Even More Deaf Children Signers
Are you ready to interpret in Middle School? Improve your interpreting and confidence
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Performing Arts Interpreting
Folk Music Concert in ASL
Here's a front row seat at a concert by John McCutcheon with ASL interpreter, Jenna
Cassell. You’ll be entertained while also learning how to match affect and produce
ASL translations for text set to music. 45 min.
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Voice-to-Sign
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Interpreting: “Living Fully”
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Transliterating: “Living Fully”
The same inspiring lecture by Jenna Cassell invites a comparison of transliterating
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Jan Humphrey
Sign-to-Voice
ViewPoints Series
Certification tests require you voice a variety of consumers including both interpreting and
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ViewPoints One: Deaf Culture
All six D/deaf panel members answer questions about Deaf Culture from a personal
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ViewPoints Two: Interpreters
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ViewPoints Three: Deaf Education
This is a hot topic within the deaf community! Learn the intimate views of these six
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One-to-One Interviews:
Realistic scenarios in which YOU are the interpreter!
One-to-One: Interpretation
Interpret for a Deaf landlord and a potential tenant. No pressure, Sharon Neumann Solow
and Rico Peterson share the hot seat! 55 min.
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One-to-One:Transliteration
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Learn of the difficulties and issues that can arise as interpreters work between
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Encounters with Reality:
1001 Interpreter Scenarios
Read over 1,000 scenarios that will mirror unpredictable situations that
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So You Want To Be An Interpreter?
An Introduction to Sign Language Interpreting
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Decisions? Decisions!
A Practical Guide for Sign Language Professionals
Would you like a model for ethical choices? Learn from over 100 case studies
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The Complete, Practical Manual for the Interpreting Profession
This all-in-one guide covers many issues related to interpreting. You’ll discover
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Behind the Scenes in the Amazon
The Deaf woman chosen to be on, “Survivor,” shares her exciting experiences…in
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Legacy of Learning Series
Legacy of Learning: Lou Fant
You’ve heard about the late Lou Fant, read his books, and maybe were
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Legacy of Learning: Sharon Neumann Solow
Sharon is exhuberant, talented, funny, and entertaining. Learn about her life and
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