{"id":5699,"date":"2009-03-10T07:48:08","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T02:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=5699"},"modified":"2009-03-10T03:56:13","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T08:56:13","slug":"campus-interpreters-work-learn-in-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/03\/10\/campus-interpreters-work-learn-in-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus interpreters work, learn in silence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Campus interpreters work, learn in silence<\/p>\n

By Priscilla Reyna-Ovalle<\/p>\n

Date: 3\/5\/09<\/p>\n

The American Sign Language\/interpreter training department provides
\ninterpreting services to about 30 deaf students at this college..<\/p>\n

This college is recognized nationally for having one of the best
\nprograms for the deaf and the best in Texas, said Jo Hilton,
\ninterpreter service manager, Feb. 27.<\/p>\n

Half of the interpreters for the deaf who work in San Antonio are
\ngraduates of the ASL department at this college, and 10 percent of
\nworking interpreters in Texas graduated from this college, Hilton
\nsaid. Hilton said these figures came from the Board for the Evaluation
\nof Interpreters.<\/p>\n

Of the seven faculty members in the department, three are deaf.<\/p>\n

Deaf students do not have to register with the disability support
\nservices office here.<\/p>\n

Instead, they sign up with deaf and hard of hearing services, a
\nprogram offered by the interpreter-training department.<\/p>\n

The department takes into account the students’ language skills and
\nmatches them up with an interpreter.<\/p>\n

Since the Americans with Disability Act came into effect, the college
\nhas to provide deaf students with interpreters in all of their classes
\nand at every event on campus, Hilton said.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Edson Gonzalez, an international deaf student studying
\ngraphic design and 3-D animation, said through interpreter and support
\nspecialist Alana Grunspan, that when he came to this college in spring
\n2005, there were no such programs to help deaf students in Mexico.<\/p>\n

Edson is provided with two interpreters, who switch every 20 minutes,
\nfor each of his classes.<\/p>\n

Interpreters do not take notes for deaf students. They simply provide
\nsigning.<\/p>\n

The department employs two full-time and 16 part-time interpreters.
\nIn addition, students in the program can start practicing interpreting
\nthrough internships in the last semester of the program.Grunspan said
\nshe is getting another education being an interpreter for deaf
\nstudents. She is learning all the subjects the students are.<\/p>\n

Interpreter Rachel Wheeler said her work as an interpreter is not the
\ntypical 9-to-5 job because it takes her to a variety of places and she
\nmeets new people. Professor Darin Dobson, who is deaf, said through
\nGrunspan, that more people need to be informed that American Sign
\nLanguage is considered a foreign language.<\/p>\n

“It’s a facilitation through two languages,” he said. Upon mastering
\nsign language, hearing students also learn of the deaf culture.<\/p>\n

“Deaf people don’t consider themselves handicapped,” ASL freshman
\nAnna Marie Sanchez said. “They have their own community and are very
\nprotective of their language.”<\/p>\n

The ASL\/interpreting training program consists of 72 hours to
\ncomplete an associate in applied science. All interpreters must pass a
\nstate test through the Board for Evaluation of Interpreters.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/media.www.theranger.org\/media\/storage\/paper1010\/news\/2009\/03\/06\/News\/Campus.Interpreters.Work.Learn.In.Silence-3662485.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Campus interpreters work, learn in silence By Priscilla Reyna-Ovalle Date: 3\/5\/09 The American Sign Language\/interpreter training department provides interpreting services to about 30 deaf students at this college.. This college is recognized nationally for having one of the best programs…<\/p>\n

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