Ch 8: Mediating Ways of Being Flashcards
Emotive Value
Sarcasm, Loss, Love, Pain, and Facial expression are visible during most communication whether signed or spoken and seen through posture/body language.
Mediation / Mediate:
addresses both culture and language to foster personal interaction, understanding, and get past social and psychological barriers
Worldview:
an intellectual perspective on the world or universe. It encompasses what they know and understand of the world around them.
Context
understanding of culture and language ; they occur in a specific time and place with certain people.
first deaf school, when? ; deaf teachers made up ___% of total teachers in the country
1817 ; 40%
Gallaudet university appointed hearing person as president this lead to protest famously called shortly after US legislature discussed Americans with Disabilities Act.
Deaf President Now (DPN)
Interpreter must be able to do what with at least two languages and cultural awareness>
identify intention in source language and formulate it in in a way that can that be received comprehensively in the target language (maintaining the intent)
people of sound
based on sound or lack of. There’s a lack of tolerance for chunks/lull of silence.
People of the Eye
sustained eye contact will be broken by commenter to signal that they are finished. In large group (eye blink or shift in gaze and pause)
Concerns and considerations
introductions are important;
asking to repeat when deaf consumer is frazzled may be better to shift into third person for the hearing consumer.