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Working With Immigrant And Refugee Deaf Students: Strategies And Decision-Making Processes Of Interpreters, Carly R. Fischbeck
Working With Immigrant And Refugee Deaf Students: Strategies And Decision-Making Processes Of Interpreters, Carly R. Fischbeck
Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies and Communication Equity Thesis or Action Research Project
This study investigates the work of educational interpreters working with D/deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students who are refugees or immigrants. This investigation occurs at the intersection of several fields of study: American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting, Deaf education, and immigrant and refugee education. Despite the overlap in these fields found in interpreters’ work with DHH refugee and immigrant students, to date no research has studied this work. This pilot study, conducted through four interviews of interpreters working in K-12 settings with DHH refugees and immigrants, explores the current practices of these interpreters in these settings. These practices are …
Meeting The Interpreting Needs Of Deaf And Hard Of Hearing High School Students, Ursula P. Dierauer
Meeting The Interpreting Needs Of Deaf And Hard Of Hearing High School Students, Ursula P. Dierauer
Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies and Communication Equity Thesis or Action Research Project
This small scale pilot study asked how deaf and hard of hearing high school students currently perceive the effectiveness of their educational interpreting services and how those same students suggest interpreting services could be improved. In order to do so data was collected via survey and focus group from deaf and hard of hearing students attending a large Midwestern school district. Results yielded themes regarding student comfort with interpreters, student satisfaction with interpreters, logistical issues with an interpreted education, interpreter attributes, and ways in which students could work alongside interpreters. From these results recommendations to the school district and educational …
Exploring The Work Of K-12 Interpreters At One School For The Deaf, Lena K. Stavely
Exploring The Work Of K-12 Interpreters At One School For The Deaf, Lena K. Stavely
Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies and Communication Equity Thesis or Action Research Project
Emergent signers are Deaf students with a spoken language foundation who are learning within educational environments where ASL is the shared and dominant language. Emergent signers’ growing presence within Deaf school classrooms has created a new opportunity in educational interpreting research because they require spoken language interpreting services while learning within these settings. Interpreting is produced primarily from ASL to spoken English. This pilot case study illuminates the factors that influence interpreters’ decision-making in an ASL-dominant K-12 educational setting, at one school for the Deaf. Furthermore, the study documents strategies used by interpreters in response to those factors. This project’s …
Collaboration With Interpreters In K-12 Education, Karen E. Brimm
Collaboration With Interpreters In K-12 Education, Karen E. Brimm
Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies and Communication Equity Thesis or Action Research Project
Educational interpreting for students who are Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH), like other interpreting specializations, involves much more than linguistic competence, message management skills, and cultural competence. An educational interpreter uses those skills and competencies within the K-12 environment populated by other educational professionals (e.g., related services personnel and teachers). Best practices in educational interpreting suggest that collaboration between the interpreter and the rest of the IEP team is fundamental. However, strategies for such collaboration are not outlined in the literature. This two-phase study examined collaboration in the K-12 school setting between educational interpreters and other educational professionals (OEPs) …