Interpreting for deafened individuals 2

4TOLK3E15 must be seen in connection with practicum periods and
- 4TOLK3E12
- 4TOLK3E11
- LTOT3001
- 4TOLK3E16
- LTOT301P.

In connection to and in addition to practical interpreting exercises, students will work with themes such as:
- team interpreting and cooperation
- coordination
- bimodality
- many and varied communication strategies
- sign vocabulary and the creation of signs

Knowledge
Candidates
- have knowledge about how an interpreter can prepare for different interpreting assignments
- have knowledge about how communication can be adapted to suit hard of hearing persons who are not fluent in Norwegian Sign Language

Skills
Candidates
- can prepare and conduct an interpreting assignment for deafened and severely hard of hearing persons
- can adapt Norwegian phrases and select signs in accordance with the needs of the individual user, and in addition use writing and gesture to convey discours content
- can use signs, Norwegian mouth movements and linguistic tools from signed language such as use of signing space and non-manual markers to make Norwegian utterances as visual as possible
- can analyse and reflect over the interpreting practice of themselves and others, for example in order to develop their own skills

General competencies
Candidates
- can cooperate systematically and constructively with the user and colleagues in order to achieve the highest possible quality of the interpreting and in accordance with the situation and the individual needs of users
- have different strategies to inform inexperienced users of when, how and for what purposes they can use different types of interpreting

Interpreting exercises individually, in pairs and in groups, speech to text interpreting, role plays, group and class discussions, supervision, video analysis, practicum periods and reflective notes.
To strengthen students' learning and development of interpreting skills systematic training on the students' own is essential.

Deaf students can have some activities adapted if there is a need for this.