Adult and Continuing Education - LaGuardia Community College

Interpreter Education Projects
Interpreter Education Projects include 2 programs:
Pre-Interpreting Program
For individuals who are preparing to enter the ASL-
English Interpretation Program. You must be a serious
ASL student who interacts regularly in the Deaf
community and has studied ASL for at least 2 years. This
mini-program includes: Advanced ASL I, Advanced ASL II,
and Sociology of American Deaf Communities.
Advanced American
Sign Language I
In Advanced ASL, you will dig deep into the realm of ASL.
Advanced ASL is an intensive hands-on course that will
foster your development in ASL skills. You will use the
multimedia lab to reinforce your process of expressing
ASL in various registers, such as narration, formal
presentation and casual conversation. The course also
covers basic ASL linguistics, cultural rules, and the Deaf
community and its history.
Tue Jan 6 - Mar 10 (10 sessions/25 hours)
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm $425 A16INT001A
The American Sign Language (ASL)-
English Interpretation Program
A rigorous 2 year academic curriculum, which incorporates national interpreter education standards recommended
by the Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT). You can earn a BA degree or Professional Certificate in ASL-English
Interpretation. This is a highly selective program. Applications are accepted once a year, in the spring before the
academic year begins in September.
Interpreting II/Lab
This class will provide participants with an introduction
to theories of interpreting and translation. Through
readings, class discussion, journals writing and hands-on
translation practice, we will explore and students will
apply these theories to their own translated works in
both target languages-American Sign Language and
English. Through readings and source materials that are
multi-culturally generated, students will explore and
investigate how culture, power relations and context can
influence translations.
Tue Jan 6 – Mar 24 (12 sessions/36 hours)
5:45 pm – 8:45 pm $760 A16INT102A
Interpreting in Educational
Settings
This course has been designed to explore the
ramifications of interpreting in the educational setting in
order to address service provision for mainstream
students who are Deaf and hard of hearing. Topics
within the scope of this course include: history and laws
that affect educational interpreting, cognitive and
linguistic development (both first and second language
acquisition), language in education, roles and skills of
educational specialist, and the impact of classroom
variables on accessibility and interpretability.
Tue Jan 6 – Mar 24 (12 sessions/36 hours)
5:45 pm – 8:45 pm $760 A16INT108A
Interpreter Education Projects
Language in Use
Although we each use language to navigate our daily
lives, we seldom give much thought to the integral role
our language plays in our every interaction. This course
examines the role of language in a variety of settings
and situations—its impact on our lives, from the basic
mechanics to the subtle and integral effects it has on our
most personal beliefs, values, and attitudes and the
implications for interpreting.
Thurs Jan 8 – Mar 26 (12 sessions/36 hours)
5:45 pm – 8:45 pm $760 A16INT103A
Interpreting V/Lab
This hands-on course will provide further in-depth study
and practice of ASL-English interpretation through the
understanding and use of the simultaneous mode of
interpreting. Students will focus on both individual and
team interpreting and will work with selected teammates
in two separate rotations. They will be compare
transliteration and interpretation and will practice
transliteration. They will review the business of
interpretation and the settings in which interpreters’
work, as they prepare to begin interpreting to work in
the field. Deaf individuals will be invited to class to
participate as the “audience” for interpreting practice.
They will continue to do self-analysis and hone their skills
and independent learning techniques.
Thurs Jan 8 – Mar 26 (12 sessions/36 hours)
5:45 pm – 8:45 pm $760 A16INT109A
100%
Graduates attained a 100% pass rate on
the National Registry of Interpreters for
the Deaf (NRID) Written Certificate test.
Register Online
http://www.peopleware.net/ace
Phone: (718)482-7244 • E-Mail: acereg@lagcc.cuny.edu • Fax: (718)609-2074
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