CEUs: 0.1 PS
Presenter: Danielle Hunt
Presented in: ASL with an interpreted voice-over
Format: Instructional Video
This is an Instructional Video by GURIEC, a member of the NCIEC.
In the dissertation guiding this presentation, Hunt extends previous studies on language and identity (Gordon, 2013), language-induced identity shifts in second language learners (Johnson, 2007), experiences of hearing, regular education students who have taken ASL courses (Brown, 2013), and the experiences of Korean-English interpreters/translators (Bahk-Halberg, 2007) to a specific group of bilinguals – ASL-English interpreters. Hunt examined the lived experiences of American Sign Language-English interpreters beginning with a questionnaire, followed by autophotography and photo-elicitation interviews, and finally semi-structured interviews for further data collection. Grounded in a hermeneutic phenomenological methodology, Hunt will address two primary research questions: How does a group of ASL-English interpreters experience the development of a sense of self and professional identity? and What are a group of ASL-English interpreters’ perceptions of how others react to their presentation of self and professional identity?
Educational Objectives:
- Participants will be able to define the concept of professional identity
- Participants will be able to list the characteristics of professional identity
- Participants will be able to explain the development of professional identity
- Participants will be able to describe the process of identity shifts in second language learners
- Participants will be able to apply the process of second language learners identity shifts to interpreters who learned American Sign Language as a second language
- Participants will be able to identify the impact of experiences on the development of a sense of self and professional identity
- Participants will be able to identify how others react to a presentation of self and professional identity
- Participants will be able to list some areas related to interpreting that could be significantly impacted by the findings of this study
CEUs on the GO is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This PS program is offered for 0.1 CEUs at the “Little/None” Content Knowledge Level.