Knowledge Exam Flashcards
Ch.1 What are non-verbal cues?
Facial expressions, gestures, body posture, vocal tones and so on.
Ch.1 What is psychological noise?
In the heads of all participants in a communication environment.
Ch.1 What is physiological noise?
Biological factors that interfere with communication, such as illness and exhaustion.
Ch.1 What is Equivocal language?
Words signs and phrases that can be interpreted in more than one way in order to mislead someone.
Ch.1 What is Euphemistic language?
A manner in which we replace blunt phrases to descriptive ones.
Ch.1 What does intimate register consist of?
Turn-taking: Interruption is common
Sentence structure: Incomplete
Vocabulary: Some lexicon has personal meanings.
Volume/Speed: Small, truncated; sometimes words/signs are not required.
Topics Allowed: Personal
Ch.1 What does frozen register consist of?
Turn-taking: None
Sentence structure: Complex; sometimes archaic
Vocabulary: Formal and/ or archaic
Volume/Speed: Large; slower than normal speed
Topics Allowed: Limited
Ch.1 What does formal register consist of?
Turn-taking: Limited/Controlled Sentence structure: Complex; compounds Vocabulary: Formal Volume/Speed: Large; slower than normal speed Topics Allowed: Impersonal
Ch.1 What does consultative register consist of?
Turn-taking: Restrained but active Sentence structure: Fully formed Vocabulary: Technical jargon Volume/Speed: Conversational speed and signing space Topics Allowed: Professional
Ch.1 What does casual register consist of?
Turn-taking: Fluid; interruptions allowed
Sentence structure: fragments; some run-ons
Vocabulary: Informal
Volume/Speed: Relaxed signing space; faster than conversational
Topics Allowed: Personal
Ch.2 What is a collectivist mindset?
“it takes a village to raise a child” Sevety percent of worldd cultures fit into this category, including American Indiginous cultures.
Ch.2 What is a individualistic mindset?
“American cut-throat culture” American cultures fits within this category
Ch.2 What does culture entail?
Family and palce in it Gender Social Experiences Economic status Educational Experiences Physical, mental,emotional and s[piritual development Temporment or personality type
Ch.2 How does cultural undestnading aid in our field?
Provides a frame or schema for living within a specifeid group of people; cultures vary in a number of ways (degree or interdependace and independance, gender roles, etc.)
Ch.2 What is the significance of a interrpeter?
Interpretors are professional communciators, mediating interactions between peopel of differnet language and culture groups.
Ch.2 What cultural perspecitve is prominent here in the US?
White Male Anglo-saxons
Ch.2 What is the cultural lense we should work in an assignement?
“It depends”
Ch.2 What is status?
The persons idenitity where they have a role within a group.
Role Delineation
It. is the responsibility of both interpreters to prepare for the interpreting assignment
Ch.3 What is the importance of idenity and labeling?
You hold power to repsect and acknowledge soemoens idenitiy that can be a dep root of who they are.
Ch.3 What is the hearign view of Deaf/deaf/ HoH ommunities?
Hearing impared, a level of hearign loss,
Ch.3 What are reciprical signals?
Ex: ASL is an interactive language, requireing frequent feedback from hte participants ina conversation.
Ch.4 What are forms of dynamic commucnation used by the Deaf Community?
ASL, SEE, PSE, Rochester Method, other sign languages.
Ch.4 What is one misconception people have seen in ASL?
ASL has been historically been mislabelled as “poor English’ or “slang” and has beeen devalued by the education system.
Ch.4 Ch.4 What are all languages comprised of?
All languages are made up of arbitrary symbols put together according to syntactic, phonological, semantic and pragmatic rules.
Ch.4 What is Seeing Essential English? (SEE1)
A form of communication by signing in English structure. An experiment that began in 1966 by David Anthony to teach English to Deaf adults in Michigan.
Ch.4 What is the Rochester Method?
A form of combination in only fingerspelling each word but with the exception of signing “and”.
Ch.4 What is Signing Exact English (SEE2)?
Signing English in the consistency of how English is spoken/written.
Ch.6 What is horizontal Hostility/Violence?
frustration at the disenfranchisement resulting in violence and hostility that members of an pressed group take out on one another
Ch.6 What does the phrase “ Benefactors are perfect” really mean?
Mistaking privilege for perfection
Ch.4 What is Sign Supported Speech (SSS)
Sign-supported speech (SSS) involves voicing everything as in spoken English, while simultaneously signing a form of MCE. The vocabulary, syntax and pragmatics of English are used, with the MCE signing serving as a support for the reception of speech.
Ch.4 What are the derogatory descriptions of Deaf?
(MLC) Minimal Language Competency
(MSL) Minimal Language Skill
(HVO) High Visual Orientation
Ch.4 What is the difference between deaf and Deaf?
Deaf comes from a cultural identity viewpoint
deaf come from a medical viewpoint of deafness.
Ch.4 What is Speech-reading
A skill from Deaf/HoH folx to comprehend spoken communication. It involves a combination of deciphering lip, cheek, and throat movements, clarifying gestures and use of contextual clues to determine meaning.
Ch.5 What are the features that help form and organize our schema?
Physical Roles Interactions Psychological Membership
Ch.5 What is “Physical” in the terms of the features of schema?
Classifying individuals based on their appearance, gender, physique, age, etc.
Ch.5 What is “Roles” in the terms of the features of schema?
We have certain expectations of others based on their social position (Neighbor, doctor, student, etc.)
Ch.5 What is “Interactions” in the terms of the features of schema?
The way people behave in social situations (aloof., friendly, judgmental, etc.) influences our sense of who. they are and what we might expect of. them.
Ch.5 What is “Psychological” in the terms of the features of schema?
We group individuals based on our personal psychological assessments. of them (curious, nervous, insecure, etc.)
Ch.5 What is “Membership” in the terms of the features of schema?
We also categorize others according to their group affiliation (refugee, Baptist, member of the school Board, female, etc.)
Ch.5 What are the 5 features that help form and organize our schema?
Physical Roles Interactions Psychological Membership
Ch.5 What is institutionalized oppression?
Menas that the dominant group devalues a marginalized person. sense of personal growth, abilities, intelligence and right to be different and affirm ed in that difference. Having no power in an institution.
Ch.5 How does Audsim affect Deaf people?
The effects of being marginalized are subtle, extremely potent, and long-lasting. As an interpreter, it is important that you consider the oppressive impacts of audism on the lives of Deaf individuals.
Ch.5 What is ambivalence?
Ambivalence is the term used minority groups believe the myth was stated and or given such as an exonym.
Ch.5 What is fatilsm or passivity?
passively taking, whatever happens, sensing that you can do nothing to change things
Ch.6 When was ASL considered a legitimate language?
Late 20th Century
Ch.6 What happened in 1988?
Deaf folx actively protested to have a Deaf president at Gallaudet University.
Ch.6 What tools do Deaf folx use to fight oppression?
Humour
Ch.6 What are the tools used for interpreters while working with Def people?
Understanding Deaf culture and knowledge to not get triggered by Deaf jokes.
Ch.6 What type fo trauma do interpreters need to be aware of?
Vicarious trauma- trauma that results from observing another person’s traumatic experience. In this case, it refers to interpreters who witness so much oppression or abuse that they feel like they themselves have been the victim.
Ch.6 How do you become an Advocate?
One who speaks out issues on behalf of others
Ch.6 What role as a hearing individual can we be labelled in the Deaf community?
Ally
What is an Anglophone?
a person who uses English based communication, as compared to french based communication, (common term in Canada for English speaking people)
What is Audism?
an attitude based on pathological thinking that results in a negative stigma toward anyone who does not hear; like racism or sexism, audism judges, labels, and limits individuals on the basis of whether a person hears or speaks
What is the Bi-Bi Bilingual Bicultural Philosophy of Interpretation?
A philosophy of interpreting based on the belief that effected interpretation requires cultural and linguistic meditation in order to accomplish to accomplish speaker goals and maintain dynamic equivalence; based on the recognition of deaf people as members of an oppressed minority; accepts ASL as a language and deaf culture as that which encompasses the norms, values, and traditions of this community of people
What is (COI) Certificate of Interpretation
the professional certificate awarded by AVLIC to individuals who successfully complete both knowledge and skills assessment in effect so long as the member adheres to the AVLIC COE and maintains an annual active membership with fees paid in full