SLIE-243 Summer Practicum

Credits 1 / 1 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into College Level Reading, completion of ELAP-120 with a 2.0 or higher, or successful completion of ACRD-090, ACRD-091 or ACRD-092; Minimum grade of 3.0 in SLIE-240 and SLIE-230 or Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree from any state of Michigan recognized ITP program. Note: Student must provide their own earbuds and transportation.
During Summer Practicum, student interns are able to take advantage of mentoring through their internship placements, mock interpreting, observation of professionals in the field, and potentially authentic hands - on interpreting practice in accordance with Michigan Law regarding student interpreters. Curriculum will focus on interpreting skills and professional conduct. Students will study and practice the application of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Code of Professional Conduct (CPC). Classroom discussions and assignments will focus on the CPC and Demand and Control Schema for problem solving, preparation, and professionalism in general. Students will also engage in skill building activities in the classroom.

Course Outcomes
1. Increase and improve upon skills required for success in professional Sign Language Interpreting and attainment of certification (voice a signed message into standard, grammatically correct spoken, English Interpret a message delivered in spoken English into grammatically correct ASL, Transliterate a message delivered in spoken English into Conceptually Accurate Signed English) 2. Enhance and develop understanding of strategies and approaches for ethical decision making in a variety of interpreter scenario situations as guided by the Professional Code of Conduct and the Demand and Control Schema approach 3. Increase development of English and ASL vocabulary