Task 5
Provide interpreting services that reflect awareness and sensitivity to culturally and
ethnically diverse groups.
Knowledge and Skill Statements
Knowledge of:
1. Differences between culture and community
2. Culture as related to behavior and communication in various settings
3. Rights and privileges related to membership and non-membership in cultural groups
4. Personal perspectives and how these influence the interpretation outcome
5. Protocol and procedure in various settings
Skill in:
1. Recognizing when gender, ethnicity, and/or cultural differences may influence the interpretation outcome
2. Recognizing nuances in vocabulary of diverse cultural and ethnic groups
3. Maintaining sensitivity to changes in group dynamics related to member/nonmember interaction
7 comments:
"Deaf Plus, a multicultural perspective" really focuses on this task of the test. Each chapter cover various ethnic and linguistic minority groups wihtin the Deaf community. The chapter give a brief overview of the history of Deaf Education and the challenges specific to these minorities. The book also focuses on how the current status of Deaf Education is lacking in supporting the needs of these students. Some of the points I felt it emphasized was the need for more diverse educators that can be language and cultural role models for these students.
So, You Want to Be an Interpreter
Humphrey and Alcorn define culture and how culture plays a role in each of our lives. Cultures result in a group of people with a shared experience that come together to form a community. Culture is often communicated through a shared language. "It is imperative then, that individuals involved in communication recognize and understand their own cultural frame as well as that of those with whom they are communicating." (2.7)
World cultures can be divided into collectivist and individualist cultures. An individualist culture is one in which people are encouraged to be outspoken at home, work and school. A collectivist culture believes it is much better to listen than to talk. In this kind of culture self-control is a virtue and feelings should be left private.
The way that a person identifies culturally will affect the way that they communicate on a daily basis.
Reading Between the Signs -
Discusses the "interpersonal" consideration of an interpreting situation. For example if you are interpreting for two people that have a pre-established relationship they may feel awkward about your choices or that they don't match the person they already know and work with. If you're interpreting at a doctors office between two people who have never met, they will not bring those personality expectations into the discourse.
A Place of Their Own: Creating Deaf Community in America
I haven't requested a copy of this book, but I was able to preview it online. The book is really about Deaf History in the U.S. It starts with the documentation of signed languages int he word as well as the history of deaf education and medical, religious and sociological perspectives on deafness. Clearly, it will be important to know that the deaf community has a rich history that includes many, many years of oppression by the hearing majority.
A Place to Call Their Own:
The first chapter discusses historical perspectives of deafness. The earliest literature about deaf people is in religious texts. It discusses the contrasting view in biblical texts. The old testament has stories about deaf people in which the scripture implies that it is God's decision but then quotes scripture from the New Testament that describes deaf people as cursed or possessed.
St. Augustine (354-430) in the Catholic church was one of the first to document sign language. He believed that deaf people had a form of communication and through that gestural laganguage they could be saved.
The chapter then discusses the historical medical perspective of deafness. The first documented 'treatment' for deafness is in the 16th century Europe.
Baker and Cokely - Green Books
There is cultural information before each unit in the green books. I found a few that I thought might be good to know for the test:
Deaf Olympics or World Games of the Deaf:
Started in Europe in 1924 - called the International committee of Silent Sports, the US joined in 1935 - were only summer games, in 1949 Winter Games were added
The Fraternal Society of the Deaf (FRAT):
Established by alumni of the Michigan School for the Deaf in 1901. Insurance companies were forcing deaf individuals to pay higher premiums, so the alumni established their own insurance company called teh National Fraterinity of teh Deaf, they moved their office to Chicago in 1936 and established their own magazine called "The Frat" in 1904.
World Federation for the Deaf was established in 1951. WFD serves as a consulting body to the United Nations. They hold conferences every four years in different countries throughout the world.
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