Have you ever noticed yourself interpreting too quickly? What strategies can help you slow down while maintaining accuracy?
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How can observing Deaf-to-Deaf interactions improve your expressive and receptive ASL skills?
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Taylor Adams
Jul 06
Honestly when I started observing Deaf-to-Deaf communication/interactions I noticed the use of ASL idioms, eye contact, as well as the space the signer holds for the other person in the conversation to respond. I feel that in hearing spaces/conversations its harder to pinpoint the exact place to enter a conversation or even just say a sentence to keep the conversation going, which leads to a bunch of interjecting. With the conversations I have observed, this seems to be less so.
Which lesson from Deaf camp do you believe would have the greatest impact on your interpreting? Why?
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Taylor Adams
Jul 06
Honestly, I think the visualization of words, phrases, and even sentences would be the most impactful for me. I have been learning ASL for almost 4 years, and I am still more of a word ASL user instead of a visual ASL user. Of course I am working towards changing that, but as it is something i've noticed about myself and my signing style, I feel that is what would make it the most impactful.
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I notice myself speeding up when fingerspelling, which causes me to mess up, and then because I messed up I get embarassed which then causes me to speed up even more. Now when I mess up the first time, I try to take a deep breath and then try again.