NIC Written Test Latest Update Graded A

NIC Written Test Latest Update Graded A CPC Tenet 1.0 Confidentiality: Interpreters adhere to standards of confidential communication. CPC Tenet 2.0 Professionalism: Interpreters possess the professional skills and knowledge required for the specific interpreting situation. CPC Tenet 3.0 Conduct: Interpreters conduct themselves in a manner appropriate to the specific interpreting situation. CPC Tenet 4.0 Respect for Consumers: Interpreters demonstrate respect for consumers. CPC Tenet 5.0 Respect for Colleagues: Interpreters demonstrate respect for colleagues, interns, and students of the profession. CPC Tenet 6.0 Business Practice: Interpreters maintain ethical business practices. CPC Tenet 7.0 Professional Development: Interpreters engage in professional development. Phoneme (English) Smallest unit of language (sounds) Phoneme (ASL) 5 parameters- handshape, movement, location, palm orientation, facial expression Morpheme (English/ASL) Smallest unit that carries meaning Syntax (English/ASL) The study of rules used for constructing grammatical sentences. Prosody (English) Describes the properties of speech (loud, pitch, intonation, stress...) Prosody (ASL) Describes the properties of signs (fast, slow, choppy, graceful...) Pragmatics (English/ASL) Aspects of meaning and language that depend on the speaker, addressee, or context. Lexical (English) Pertaining to words or vocabulary Lexical (ASL) Pertaining to signs or vocabulary Frozen register a text that is the same each time it is stated Formal register no turn-taking, phyical and psychological distance, one speaker with a group of listeners Consultative register one individual has "expert" status and a desire to interact with the listener. utterances are often marked with "jarogon" Informal/Casual register participants have equal status, turn taking is fluid, fragments and run-on sentences Intimate Register individuals have a common history, not complete sentences and sometimes even without language RID Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf NAD National Association of the Deaf AGBAD Alexander Graham Bell Association of the Deaf DHHS Deaf and Hard of Hearing Section of AGBell SHHH Self-Help for Hard of Hearing HLAA Hearing Loss Association of America ALDA Association of Late Deafened Adults NMIP National Multicultural Interpreter Project NAOBI National Association of Black Interpreters SIG Special Interest Groups now called member sections ITOC Interpreters/Transliteraters of Color AVLIC Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada NAJIT National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators CEASD Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf CAID Council of American Instructors of the Deaf AADB American Association of Deaf-Blind AAAD American Athletic Association of the Deaf TC Total Communication SEE Signing (or signed) Exact English RM Rochester method CVL or CL Contact Variety Language or Contact Language C.A.S.E. Conceptually Accurate Signed English SSS Signed Supported Speech MCE Manually Coded English SE Signed English ADA Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 Equal Access IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (P.L. 94-142) Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) Rehab Act of 1973 Section 504 (No Barriers!) Vocational Rehab (VR) Act of 1965 Interpreters are a service that need to be paid! The Court Interpreters Act 1978 certified interpreters for non-English speaking litigants in Federal courts. Helper Model 60s, deaf viewed as handicapped, interpreters overly involved, paternalistic, ASL is "poor" English Machine/Conduit Model Interpreters are rigid, non-person mentality, only English is acceptable, no responsibility for interaction or dynamics Facilitator Model are aware of needs, solid colors, ethical decisions still machine like, deaf consumers lacked Equality of communiciation Bi-Bi Model work is based on meaning and outcome, dynamic equivalence is sought, cultural and linguistic mediation, interpret implicit and explicit. DPN Deaf President Now 1988 RID was started in 1964