CASLI written
Abstract Classifiers - answer Classifiers that are smaller than life sized, the shape and
movement of which does not necessarily have iconic features.
Abstract Language - answer describes ideas and qualities, rather than observable or
specific things
adventitious deafness - answer deafness that occurs after birth
Affect - answer Refers to emotions or feelings
A-Language or L1 - answer One’s first language
Anglicized ASL - answer English and ASL sign blends (More ASL than English)
AVLIC - answer Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada
Audism - answer Attitude causing negative stigma toward anyone unable to hear
Auditory feedback loop - answer The channel through which hearing people hear (and
monitor) their own voice as they speak
Aural-oral languages - answer Languages based on a structured set of linguistic rules in
which the communication is based on sound
Bicultural - answer used to describe a person who crosses two cultures, lifestyles, and
sets of values
bilingual-bicultural philosophy of interpreting - answer Based on the belief that effective
interpretation requires cultural and linguistic mediation in order to accomplish speaker
goals and maintain dynamic equivalence
B-Language or L2 - answerRefers to ones 2nd language learned
CDI - answercertified Deaf Interpreter
Classifiers - answerDesignated handshapes and/or rule-grounded body pantomime
used to represent nouns and verbs.
Cloze skills - answerThe ability to mentally "fill in the blanks"
, code of ethics - answerPrinciples of conduct within an organization that guide decision
making and behavior.
code switching - answerthe practice of changing language or dialect to accommodate to
the communication situation (unconscious)
code mixing - answerusing various combinations of words or phrases from more than
one language (conscious)
Communication dynamics - answerThe way people in a communication interaction react
to or engage with one another and to the overall interaction
Communication facilitation philosophy - answerSet of beliefs including that Deaf people
are handicapped, ASL as a means of communicating only with less educated
individuals
CASE - answerConceptually accurate signed English (ASL signs, English order)
Conduit or machine philosophy - answerInterpreter has no responsibility for interaction
or communication dynamics taking place.
CIT - answerConference of Interpreter Trainers
congenital deafness - answerdeafness from birth
Consecutive interpretation - answerMore accurate than simultaneous.
Cultural and linguistic mediation - answerInterpreting so that information has equivalent
meaning and impact for individuals with different language and cultural schemas
Cultural Expansion - answerProvide contextual information needed to help
understanding
Cultural reduction - answerReducing the volume and sometimes the detail of info
without affecting the meaning intended
Culture - answerBeliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
DI - answerDeaf Interpreter
Dynamic Equivalence - answer-concerned with expressing the MESSAGE of the
original language in the words of the target language(speaker's goals should be
accomplished)
Empowerment of the client - answerBehaving in a way that supports another's right to
make decisions
Abstract Classifiers - answer Classifiers that are smaller than life sized, the shape and
movement of which does not necessarily have iconic features.
Abstract Language - answer describes ideas and qualities, rather than observable or
specific things
adventitious deafness - answer deafness that occurs after birth
Affect - answer Refers to emotions or feelings
A-Language or L1 - answer One’s first language
Anglicized ASL - answer English and ASL sign blends (More ASL than English)
AVLIC - answer Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada
Audism - answer Attitude causing negative stigma toward anyone unable to hear
Auditory feedback loop - answer The channel through which hearing people hear (and
monitor) their own voice as they speak
Aural-oral languages - answer Languages based on a structured set of linguistic rules in
which the communication is based on sound
Bicultural - answer used to describe a person who crosses two cultures, lifestyles, and
sets of values
bilingual-bicultural philosophy of interpreting - answer Based on the belief that effective
interpretation requires cultural and linguistic mediation in order to accomplish speaker
goals and maintain dynamic equivalence
B-Language or L2 - answerRefers to ones 2nd language learned
CDI - answercertified Deaf Interpreter
Classifiers - answerDesignated handshapes and/or rule-grounded body pantomime
used to represent nouns and verbs.
Cloze skills - answerThe ability to mentally "fill in the blanks"
, code of ethics - answerPrinciples of conduct within an organization that guide decision
making and behavior.
code switching - answerthe practice of changing language or dialect to accommodate to
the communication situation (unconscious)
code mixing - answerusing various combinations of words or phrases from more than
one language (conscious)
Communication dynamics - answerThe way people in a communication interaction react
to or engage with one another and to the overall interaction
Communication facilitation philosophy - answerSet of beliefs including that Deaf people
are handicapped, ASL as a means of communicating only with less educated
individuals
CASE - answerConceptually accurate signed English (ASL signs, English order)
Conduit or machine philosophy - answerInterpreter has no responsibility for interaction
or communication dynamics taking place.
CIT - answerConference of Interpreter Trainers
congenital deafness - answerdeafness from birth
Consecutive interpretation - answerMore accurate than simultaneous.
Cultural and linguistic mediation - answerInterpreting so that information has equivalent
meaning and impact for individuals with different language and cultural schemas
Cultural Expansion - answerProvide contextual information needed to help
understanding
Cultural reduction - answerReducing the volume and sometimes the detail of info
without affecting the meaning intended
Culture - answerBeliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
DI - answerDeaf Interpreter
Dynamic Equivalence - answer-concerned with expressing the MESSAGE of the
original language in the words of the target language(speaker's goals should be
accomplished)
Empowerment of the client - answerBehaving in a way that supports another's right to
make decisions
