To be an effective interpreter, you need high levels of skill in the languages you use to interpret. This series is full of challenging exercises with videotapes source materials that make your ASL skills strong and flexible and prepares you to move on to more advanced skills. Helpful theoretical introductions for each topic, study questions and comprehension sections make these materials a thorough, powerful learning tool.

Topics include:

Main Idea Comprehension

Summarizing

Lexical Substitution

Paraphrasing Propositions

Paraphrasing Discourse

Visual Form and Meaning

Meaning and Visual Form

[Carol J. Patrie; Student Study Set: (2007) Book: 142 pages; soft cover; DVD: 63 minutes]