Written in a workbook fashion and designed as a teaching / learning vehicle, Building ASL Interpreting and Translation Skills is for students taking courses in American Sign Language (levels I, II or III), as well as students enrolled in interpreting programs.  The written English narratives are designed for translation, interpreting and transliterating with over 80 examples on the companion DVD signed by both native Deaf individuals and nationally certified interpreters.   The book is divided into four parts. Part I: The first part of the text consists of 24 chapters that provide readers with an overview of a variety of ASL grammatical features.  Each chapter includes an example glossed into ASL to provide students with a model for translation, each of which are signed on the accompanying DVD, followed by narratives for student practice that gradually increase in length and difficulty.  Part II The second part of the text consists of 20 chapters covering additional grammatical features.  The selections become increasingly longer in length.  Selections in the first several chapters of Part II are also signed by a Deaf individual on the companion DVD.  As the selections become longer, a nationally certified interpreter interprets selected narratives modeling the ASL principle described in the chapter.  Part III: The third part of the text is devoted to exercises that focus on building automaticity when confronting multiple meaning words, idioms, and college level vocabulary.  These selections are longer in length and are designed to provide interpreters with source material that covers a wide variety of topics.   Part IV: The fourth part of the text includes narratives, lectures, and passages from texts that might be read in a high school or college class.   FEATURES OF THIS NEW TEXT:  Part I & Part II include information on ASL grammatical features and provides readers with examples of how to gloss the selections.  These examples are also demonstrated on the accompanying DVD as a visual aid to help future interpreters. Readers are taught how to work with multiple meaning words, idioms, and are provided with  vocabulary building exerci ses The workbook design allows students opportunity to compare what their written responses to the exercises with what they see on the accompanying DVD. Enclosed DVD allows students to see some of the narratives signed and interpreted and provides students with visual examples and role models of what the ASL principles look in action.

Table of Contents:
Preface Transcription Symbols Part I:  Selections for Beginning ASL Students   Chapter One:  Pronouns, Locations, and Use of Sign Space Chapter Two:  Directional Verbs Chapter Three:  Descriptive Adjectives  Chapter Four:  Noun/Verb Pairs  Chapter Five:  Topic/Comment   Chapter Six:  Negation, Negative Incorporation & Modals     Chapter Seven:  Classifiers:  Describing Location and Movement   Chapter Eight:  Establishing Tense in ASL    Chapter Nine:  Age, Time and Counting Numbers    Chapter Ten:  Additional Work with Classifiers    Chapter Eleven:  Expressing Negatives using None     Chapter Twelve:  Additional Work with Noun/Verb Pairs    Chapter Thirteen:  Conditionals   Chapter Fourteen:  Use of Finish as a Conjunction Chapter Fifteen:  Additional work with Verb Pairs    Chapter Sixteen:  Giving Directions in ASL  Chapter Seventeen:  Working With Time  Chapter Eighteen:  Quantifiers   Chapter Nineteen:  Repeatedly, Continually & Reduplication Chapter Twenty:  Changing Adjectives to Indicate Repetition Chapter Twenty-one:  Rhetorical Questions  Chapter Twenty-two:  Additional Ways to Form Negatives  Chapter Twenty-three: Additional Work Signing Topics  Chapter Twenty-four:  Classifiers that Show Movement and Distance     Part II:  Selections for Intermediate ASL Students   Chapter One:  Additional Work with Topic/Comment   Chapter Two:  Using Reference Points to Mark Locations   Chapter Three:  Using Semantic Classifiers to Mark Location & Movement  Chapter Four:  Time  Chapter Five:  Listing, Grouping, Prioritizing    Chapter Six:  Role Shifting     Chapter Seven:  Contrasting and Comparing    Chapter Eight:  Instrument Classifiers   Chapter Nine:  Characterization     Chapter Ten:  More Work with Conjunctions    Chapter Eleven:  Active/Passive Voice=  Chapter Twelve:  Sequencing   Chapter Thirteen:  Supplemental Selections  Chapter Fourteen:  Supplemental Selections  Chapter Fifteen:  Supplemental Selections  Chapter Sixteen:  Supplemental Selections  Chapter Seventeen:  Supplemental Selections  Chapter Eighteen:  Supplemental Selections  Chapter Nineteen:  Supplemental Selections  Chapter Twenty:  Supplemental Selections     Part III:  Multiple Meaning Words, Idioms, and Vocabulary Building   Chapter 1:  Run, Down, Call, Make, Look  Chapter 2:  Place, Up, Break, Fix, By Chapter 3:  Charge, Advance, Around, Back, Right Chapter 4:  See, Take, Time, About, Raise  Chapter 5:  Short, Bank, Fall, Get Out, Line Chapter 6:  Put, Pass, Shake, Pick, On Chapter 7:  After, Bare, Cool, Draw, Meet Chapter Eight:  Box, Blow, Eat, Ring, Jump  Chapter Nine:  Out, Use, Over, Kick, Mind  Chapter Ten:  Bone, Miss, Low, Cut, Point  Chapter Eleven:  Idioms  Chapter Twelve:  Additional Work with Idioms  Chapter Thirteen:  Additional Work with Idioms  Chapter Fourteen:  Additional Work with Idioms Chapter Fifteen:  Working with Idioms  Chapter Sixteen:  Vocabulary Building Exercises Chapter Seventeen:  Additional Vocabulary Building Activities Chapter Eighteen:  Additional Vocabulary Building Activities Chapter Nineteen:  Additional Vocabulary Building Activities Chapter Twenty:  Additional Vocabulary Building Activities   Part IV:  Selections for  Interpreting and Transliterating   Chapter 1 Selection 1.1:  Reading Recovery Selection 1.2:  The Wedding Selection 1.3:  Baking Bread Selection 1.4:  Applying for a Job Selection 1.5:  Traveling to Europe   Chapter 2 Selection 2.1:  Award Winners Selection 2.2:  Getting Stuck in the Mud Selection 2.3:  Drive through Flu Shots Selection 2.4:  Displays at the Grocery Store Selection 2.5:  Dog Shows   Chapter Three Selection 3.1:  Going Hunting in the Deer Stand Selection 3.2:  Ice Skaters at the World Games Selection 3.3:  Homes of the Rich and Famous Selection 3.4:  Waiting Tables can be Hard Work Selection 3.5:  Children’s Games   Chapter Four Selection 4.1:  Slalom on the Ski Slopes Selection 4.2:  The Food Pyramid Selection 4.3:  Graduating From Gallaudet Selection 4.4:  Daisies, Brownies, and Girl Scouts Selection 4.5:  Tim’s Trip to the Kennel   Chapter Five Selection 5.1:  Writing a Research Paper Selection 5.2:  Using Examples and Illustrations Selection 5.3:  Working with Students who Need Speech Therapy Selection 5.4:  Comparing and Contrasting Selection 5.5:  My First Grade Santa   Chapter Six Selection 6.1:  Down Home Days Selection 6.2:  Spinal Injury Selection 6.3:  Using All My Smarts Selection 6.4:  Main Processes of the Memory System Selection 6.5:  My Dog   Chapter Seven Selection 7.1: The Airport Selection 7.2:  The Circle Selection 7.3:  Classrooms Yesterday and Today Selection 7.4:  First Immigration Wave:  Mid-1800s to Early 1900s Selection 7.5:  The Smooth   Chapter Eight Selection 8.1:  Terrain and Temperature Selection 8.2:  Music:  Originals and Remakes Selection 8.3:  Team Sports Selection 8.4:  Bailey, Hudson and Taz Selection 8.5:  Car Colors   Chapter Nine Selection 9.1:  Coffee Pots versus Single-serving Coffee Containers Selection 9.2:  The Traffic Ticket Selection 9.3:  Video conferencing Technology Selection 9.4:  Candidates for Governor Spout Platforms Selection 9.5:  The Soup Bowls   Chapter Ten Selection 10.1:  Banking Services Selection 10.2:  The Bridal Show Selection 10.3:  Interpreting Math Problems Selection 10.4:  What is expected of the Educational Interpreter in the Elementary Setting? Selection 10.5:  Literacy and the English Language Learner   Chapter Eleven Selection 11.1:  Earl Warren Selection 11.2:  The Solar System Selection 11.3:  Time Zones Selection 11.4:  Flying Kites Selection 11.5:  Rescue from the Third Floor   Chapter Twelve Selection 12.1:  Live versus Automated Phone Customer Service Selection 12.2:  Teaching Deaf Studies in Included Classrooms Selection 12.3:  Cruise Lines Keep Adding New Attractions Selection 12.4:  Teaching Tolerance to Young Children Selection 12.5:  Deaf, Deaf World   Chapter Thirteen Selection 13.1:  The Blizzard Selection 13.2:  Trying out for the Dance Line Selection 13.3:  Bike Across America Selection 13.4:  Cat Lovers Selection 13.5:  The Hundredth Day of School   Chapter Fourteen Selection 14.1:  A Walk in the Woods Selection 14.2:  Barbara the Pig Selection 14.3:  Violet’s Tanning Experience Selection 14.4:  The Pizza Party Selection 14.5:  The U Turn   Chapter Fifteen Selection 15.1:  TTY’s Selection 15.2:  Working as a Parking Lot Attendant at Disney World Selection 15.3:  Getting Stuck in the Dressing Room Selection 15.4:  The Money Pit Selection 15.5:  Immersion Weekends for Interpreters   Chapter Sixteen Selection 16.1:  Driving on the Ice Selection 16.2:  Instructors Selection 16.3:  The Cruise Selection 16.4:  Adult Day Care Selection 16.5:  Living with Deaf People   Chapter Seventeen Selection 17.1:  Car Shows on MTV Selection 17.2:  Levels of Cognitive Functioning Selection 17.3:  Seasons of the Year Selection 17.4:  How to be a Good Manager Selection 17.5:  Local Fast Food Chain Pushes its New Image   Chapter Eighteen Selection 18.1:  Travels by Renee Selection 18.2:  My Tropical Fish Hobby Selection 18.3:  Jimmy Carter Selection 18.4:  Sky Warn for Deaf Selection 18.5:  Jamaica   Chapter Nineteen Selection 19.1:  Police Chaplain Selection 19.2:  Ham Radio Selection 19.3:  Conduct of Police Officers Selection 19.4:  Death Notification Selection 19.5:  A Story about My Dad   Chapter Twenty Selection 20.1:  Let’s Talk about Wales Selection 20.2:  A Lecture regarding Psychosocial Aspects of Deafness Selection 20.3:  Feeding the Hungry across America Selection 20.4:  My Best Friend Emily Selection 20.5:  The Girls