This
is the premier event for sign language students and professional
interpreters. There are many workshops to choose from that range in focus
from beginning students to professional interpreters.
Workshop Levels
Level 1: Beginning/Intermediate ASL
Students
Level 2: Advanced ASL Students and Beginning Interpreting Students
Level 3: Advanced Interpreting Students/Beginning Interpreters
Level 4: Seasoned Interpreters
The following list is from the 2004 Faire.
You'll see a lot of great workshops and presenters. Look forward
to the list for 2005 soon, which will be just as awesome!
The Following Workshops are Scheduled to Take Place
(Subject to Change of Course)
Enjoy deciding
among this awesome list!
TITLE
PRESENTER
LEVEL
Morning Workshops
9am to 11:30am
ASL Storytelling
Shoshannah Stern
1 - 2
Fingerspelling
Margo Cienik
1 - 2
Deaf Culture and Folklore
Fred E. Gravatt
1 - 2
Idioms
Ed Kelly
1 - 2
Song - Signing with SPIRIT!
Bonnie Gibson-Brydon
1 - 3
Conceptual Accuracy
Jerry Nichols
2 - 3
Best Practices in Religious
Interpreting
Myisha J. Blackman
2 - 3
ASL and English Grammar Comparison
Kevin Struxness
2 - 3
Video Relay Interpreting
Daphne Craft and Kay Vincent
3 - 4
ASL Register - Black Tie to Tennis
Shoes
Caroline Preston Bass
3
Educational Interpreting - Part I
Duane Rumsey
3 - 4
English Skills for Interpreters
Carol J. Patrie, Ph.D.
3 - 4
ASL to English
Jean Kelly
3 - 4
ASL and English Sentence Types
Tom Moran
3 - 4
Tune Up Your Processing Engine
Micki Baumgart
3 - 4
Working Toward Cultural Competence
Jan Nishimura
3 - 4
Applying ASL Linguistics for
Translations - Part I
Jan L. Fried
4
Process? Product? - Pieces to the
Puzzle
Allisun Kale
4
Afternoon
Workshops 1:30pm to 4pm
Is an Interpreting Career for You?
Pauline Annarino
1 - 2
ASL Classifiers
Margo Cienik
1 - 2
ASL Descriptors
Fred E. Gravatt
1 - 2
Tune Up Your Processing Engine
Micki Baumgart
1 - 2
Signs You Won't Find in a Textbook
Ed Kelly
1 - 2
Conceptual Accuracy
Jerry Nichols
2 - 3
Interpreting for African Americans
Myisha J. Blackman
2 - 4
ASL and English Grammar Comparison
Kevin Struxness
2 - 3
I'm Done With My ITP, Now What?
Jo Ann Madden
3
Receptive Fingerspelling for Working
Interpreters
Joyce R. Linden
3 - 4
Educational Interpreting - Part 2
Duane Rumsey
3 - 4
Cognitive Processing Skills
Carol J. Patrie, Ph.D.
3 - 4
ASL to English
Jean Kelly
3 - 4
ASL and English Sentence Types
Tom Moran
3 - 4
Advanced ASL Translation
Shoshannah Stern
4
Developing Sign to Voice Interpreting
Skills
Jan Nishimura
3 - 4
Applying ASL Linguistics for
Translations - Part 2
Jan L. Fried
4
TBA
TBA
TBA
7:30
a.m.
Registration, Vendor Exhibits, Shopping, Recruitment (Breakfast snacks will be
on sale)
9:00 - 11:30 MORNING
WORKSHOPS FOR ALL LEVELS
11:30 - 1:00 Box Lunch
(Regular or Vegetarian)
More time to Shop (Sign
Language Books, Videotapes,
T-Shirts, Jewelry, Interpreter Smocks, TTY's, Gifts and Crafts
for the whole family.) JOB RECRUITERS - Bring Your Resume'
1:00 - 3:30
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS FOR ALL LEVELS
RID CEUs and ACET
credits for Interpreters. Sign up at the registration table for: 1/2
day participation = 0.25 units, or all day participation = 0.5 units.