[ASL]Fwd: Advanced ASL Course for Interpreters

[Laura Vitkus]

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> From: Lorraine <ljames at library.umass.edu>
> Date: December 7, 2004 10:01:46 AM EST
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> Subject: FW: Advanced ASL Course for Interpreters
>
>
> Hi everyone,
> This sounds like a great opportunity for those who are qualified!  
> Please
> pass this on to people you know might be interested.
>
> Contact Carol-Ann to get more info or offer feedback.
>
> Lorraine
>
>
> Greetings -
>
>    HCC is in the process of designing and finishing up final details 
> on an
> Advanced ASL course for working interpreters to be offered in the 
> Spring
> 2005 semester.  We are not quite finished with all the details, but at 
> the
> risk of being a bit premature, I am sending this out now to let people 
> know
> and to get a sense of how many might be interested in taking the 
> course.
> (We need a minimum of 15 students to fill the course.)  A course 
> description
> and prerequisites are below:
>
> *****************
> 3. COURSE DESCRIPTION :
>
>  Designed for working ASL/English interpreters who are already fluent 
> in
> American Sign Language, this course provides in-depth work in areas 
> such as
> the use of classifiers, non-manual signals, use of space, idioms and 
> ASL
> discourse.  Expressive and receptive skills will be further enhanced.
> Videotaping and analysis of mock interpreting will be incorporated..
>
>  PREREQUISITES:
>
>  Certification from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID),
> National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and/or Massachusetts State 
> Screening
> Certification; permission of Deaf Studies Coordinator.
> *******************
>
> Other details:
>
> * Tentatively to be offered Tuesdays evenings (roughly 5:45 to 8:45 pm)
> beginning January 25, 2005 through May 10, 2005  (no class week of 
> March
> 15).
>
> * 3 academic credits (which would translate into 45 RID CEUs)
>
> * HCC costs:  $300 (tuition and educational service fees)
>     $25 student services fee
>     $10 facility use fee (e.g. gym)
> (At this point, costs for in-state and out-of-state residents are the 
> same.)
>
>  Thank you for considering this, and please let me know if you are
> interested in learning more information and possibly taking this 
> course.
>
> - Carol-Ann
>
> Carol-Ann Smalley
> Deaf Services Specialist
> Holyoke Community College
> Carol Ann Smalley
> csmalley at hcc.mass.edu
>
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