ASL Interpreter Training: Receptive & Expressive Skills Practice Set, Vol. 1 (2 DVDs)

For the first time ever, we have put together a pair of American Sign Language Interpreter Training: Receptive & Expressive Skills Practice DVD sets.  Almost 3 hours of amazing ASL interpreter training experience! 

DVD # 1: American Sign Language Interpreter Training: Receptive Skills Practice, Vol. 1 Summary:

Being an ASL interpreter is a labor of love. There are a number of steps and processes that every interpreter needs to use each and every time he or she interprets. One of the fundamental abilities that an interpreter must develop in order to work closely and efficiently with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing consumers is the maintenance and bolstering of receptive skills.

Throughout the video, there will be 5 chapters containing ASL Storytelling where Avery Ganezer will be teaching about several animals in the Central Park Zoo as well as a dramatic story about a successful animal rescue operation. In every chapter, viewers will first see a complete story without audio or captions. Immediately following the story, there will be over 50 training questions four main activities to aid interpreters and ASL students to develop receptive skills:

- Fingerspelling Check
- Fact Check
- Idiom & Phrase Check
- Sign-to-Voice Check

As a bonus, you will learn seven additional commonly used idioms and phrases in
American Sign Language. Gilda Toby Ganezer and Avery Ganezer will present the idioms
and then show you how to use them in complete sentences.

An ASL Music video along with series of bloopers will be included, also as a bonus feature!

DVD # 2: American Sign Language Interpreter Training: Expressive Skills Practice, Vol. 1

Once again, being an ASL interpreter is a labor of love. There are a number of steps and processes that every interpreter needs to use each and every time he or she interprets. One of the fundamental abilities that an interpreter must develop in order to work closely and efficiently with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing as well as hearing consumers is the maintenance and bolstering of expressive skills.

Throughout the 5 chapters containing ASL Storytelling in this video, Avery Ganezer will be narrating/interpreting about a fawn being rescued by a miracle helicopter and its pilot, the benefits of eating healthy pomegranates, a candy company owner and the history of the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center in New York City. In every chapter, viewers will first see a complete story without ASL or open captions. Then immediately following the story, there will be various exercises to aid you, as interpreters and ASL students to develop expressive skills:

1. Fingerspelling Check (including use of numbers)
2. Vocabulary Check
3. Idiom & Phrase Check
4. Short Sentence Check

At the end of this exercise, a complete story will repeat with ASL interpretations along with voice over and captions for reference, review and practice. You will also receive complete text translations on screen for further training. As a bonus, you will learn six additional commonly used idioms and phrases in American Sign Language.  Gilda Ganezer, our ASL idioms expert, will present the idioms and then show you how to use them in complete sentences.

Finally, you will find our biggest ever bonus featurette which includes our unique bloopers plus a somewhat challenging sign-to-voice interpreting / expressive skills practice. The subjects range from why onions make people cry to all kinds of candy flavors and yummy pistachios.

Don't miss this amazing 2-DVD set for every ASL student, interpreter and teacher.

Note: All DVDs will be in eco-friendly CD sleeves WITHOUT Amaray DVD cases to help customers save money. Each disc are clearly labeled for your convenience. The pictures shown above are for illustration only and are not printed on any DVDs. Tracking information will be emailed to you at time of shipment at no cost.