{"product_id":"building-asl-interpreting-and-translation-skills","title":"Building ASL Interpreting and Translation Skills","description":"\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten in a workbook fashion and designed as a teaching and learning vehicle, \u003ci\u003eBuilding ASL Interpreting and Translation Skills \u003c\/i\u003eis for students taking courses in American Sign Language (levels I, II or III), as well as students enrolled in interpreting programs.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe written English narratives are designed for translation, interpreting and transliterating with over 80 examples on the companion DVD signed by both native Deaf individuals and nationally certified interpreters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"\u003eThe book is divided into four parts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"\u003ePart I:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"\u003eThe first part of the text consists of 24 chapters that provide readers with an overview of a variety of ASL grammatical features.  Each chapter includes an example glossed into ASL to provide students with a model for translation, each of which are signed on the accompanying DVD, followed by narratives for student practice that gradually increase in length and difficulty.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"\u003ePart II\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"\u003eThe second part of the text consists of 20 chapters covering additional grammatical features.  The selections become increasingly longer in length.  Selections in the first several chapters of Part II are also signed by a Deaf individual on the companion DVD.  As the selections become longer, a nationally certified interpreter interprets selected narratives modeling the ASL principle described in the chapter.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"\u003ePart III:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"\u003eThe third part of the text is devoted to exercises that focus on building automaticity when confronting multiple meaning words, idioms, and college level vocabulary.  These selections are longer in length and are designed to provide interpreters with source material that covers a wide variety of topics.   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"\u003ePart IV:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"\u003eThe fourth part of the text includes narratives, lectures, and passages from texts that might be read in a high school or college class. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45998679458030,"sku":"9780205470259","price":172.82,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/0205470254.jpg?v=1733538863","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/building-asl-interpreting-and-translation-skills","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}