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Professional
Registers
100

The Rochester Method is a form of communication that involves doing this

What is fingerspelling every word in a sentence?

100

WASLI stands for this...

What is the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters?

100

You just interpreted for someone that went through something so horrible that you feel as if you had experienced it yourself. That means you have developed this.

What is vicarious trauma?

100

Is "hearing" a cultural identity marker?

No.

100

Interpreting "Amazing Grace" at a funeral is an example of using this register

Frozen

200

In 1880, this organization was founded naming themselves the NAD...otherwise known as...

What is the National Association of the Deaf?

200

A metamessage means this...

What is the message that is not being overtly stated but is implied through tone of voice, body language, context, and facial expressions?

200

What is the difference between race and ethnicity?

Race consists of what people look like. Ethnicity consists of how a group of people live their lives

200

What is the difference between VRS and VRI?

Video Relay Service is federally funded and participants must be in separate locations by law. Video Remote Interpreting allows participants to be in the same room.

200

This register is used between classmates or friends

What is casual?
300

If a Deaf person were to say, "I can't go to medical school because I'm Deaf," they would have developed this

What is learned helplessness?

300

Not to be confused with its Canadian counterpart that shares an acronym, CASLI stands for this

What is the Center for Assessment of Sign Language Interpreters?

300

What is an example of a communication system that is not an official language?

PSE, SEE, CASE, Rochester Method, LOVE

300

Is RID a member-run organization?

Yes.

300

This register involves one person seeking information from someone else who is more knowledgable on a certain subject

What is consultative?

400
Audism is defined as...

What is the prejudice or discrimination against the Deaf/Hard of Hearing community?

400
When an interpreter is transliterating, they are doing this

What is working between spoken English and a communication system such as Pigeon Signed English, Signed Exact English, or Conceptually Accurate Signed English. This features aspects of both English and ASL.

400

When a child "interprets" for their Deaf family member, they are doing this

What is language brokering?

400
Give 3 examples of self-care.

Journaling, confiding in a trusted colleague, meditating, exercising, yoga, getting enough sleep, eating healthy

400

When a presenter is sharing information in one direction to an audience with no participation, it is in this register

What is Formal?
500

Howdy, teamer! I better study for my BEI...what is BEI again? And where is it?

What is the Board for Evaluation of Interpreters; Texas

500

This is the difference between jargon and ingroup speak

Jargon consists of technical terms that relate to a profession or specific field of study. These would not be understood by an outsider (ex: superego, deontology, intrapersonal demand)

Ingroup speak is when a group of people have their own unique meaning to something that may be understood differently by the rest of society (ex: mainstreamed)

500

Explain the difference between low context and high context culture.

Low context is communicating overtly, explicitly, and directly. High context culture relies on implicit meanings and non-verbal cues

500
What is a reflective practitioner?

Someone who uses their past experiences in their work and applies the lessons they learned to planning how they can improve as professionals.

500

We use different registers for this reason

What is being able to adapt language to appropriately match an environment/context/relationship during an interaction?

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