VLOG: Wakeup Terps!

Going out to all ITP students and upcoming terps...

I'm a very passionate person when I sign if you haven't noticed :)

Category:

Education

Tags:

• interpreter
• training
• program
• asl
• sign
• language
• deaf
• culture

[desertbabyz]

Thanks, Kelly! :) As a Deaf client for interpreters, I find that this video highlighted some of the issues I've been having. Now I just need a way to get everyone else to watch. Seeing this come from another interpreter might help them finally understand that being an interpreter isn't just about learning the signs; it's about grammatical structures, Deaf culture, and being willing to work WITH your client. It's also about constant improvement, which was one of the things I'm glad you mentioned.

[ASLlover1991]

Kelly, would you mind putting captions on this video? I am trying to improve my receptive skills, but it's still a bit too fast for me.

[Bryancorry25]

Hello I am a freelance sign language interpreter and fellow ginger from Canada.

I very much agree with what you have to say.

While a language conveyed in a visual modality is hard to represent in a book, ASL like all languages must be learned through active interaction.Too often we assume to be learning a language through formal instruction but the formal rules of a language only form the rough outline.Complete understanding of a language only comes through many years of social interaction.

[Sasukelover31]

I love watching you sign but I don't really understand much besides the bare minimum. May I suggest subtitles or something like that?

[ShyNative94]

I'm not a ITP student. But I am thinking about becoming an interpreter when I am out of high school. The points you said in the video are soo correct. You need to be invovled with the deaf community and such. Reading from a book is not going to help. I know this Im a C.O.D.A and in my current asl 2 class we go over vocab from a book but I looks different from what it really is sometimes. Also being a wonderful interpreter you have to enjoy it and be involved, not the opposite :)

[BenjaminPaulusASL230]

I LOVE YOU!

[pokercrzy33]

Lol! At first I ACTUALLY thought this was a message for the fans of Maryland Terps...oh boy...thanks for the educational video though. Other thing- nobody ever stops learning, I am still deaf and I am still learning my own sign language.

[gabymixco]

well... I have NO idea what you're saying, but somehow you got me to watch 4:40 min of you just "moving your hands and making faces"... THAT WAS A-M-A-Z-I-NG!!!!! I loved it! :)

[stargaze17]

@rachelwood55 have you looked for deaf events in your area?

[brandijeanne14]

FINALLY SOMEONE GETS IT!!!!! :)

[uofawildpanda]

I agree with you 100%! I graduated from a 4-year interpreting program at a university...myself having no deaf friends/family......and I really struggled all the way through. It wasn't til after I graduated and really started socializing in the deaf world that the language "clicked". I think I learned more about sign in those first few months than I ever did in the program. BTW, I just posted your AMAZING interpretation of Rolling in the Deep on my facebook.  :-)