CASLI Language Comprehension & Production 4

Question 1

What is 'shadowing' in the context of interpreter training for language comprehension?

Accepted Answer

Repeating source language input aloud simultaneously as it is produced

Answer

Shadowing is a training technique in which the interpreter repeats the source message in the same language simultaneously, building listening and processing stamina before adding the language conversion task.

Question 2

Which of the following best illustrates 'register' in a signed language interpretation context?

Accepted Answer

The level of formality and style of language used appropriate to the setting

Answer

Register refers to the variation in language style, vocabulary, and formality that corresponds to the social context, relationship of participants, and purpose of the interaction.

Question 3

In ASL, which handshape is used in the classifier predicate representing a standing person?

Accepted Answer

1 handshape

Answer

The 1 handshape (index finger extended upright) is the classifier for a person in an upright standing position in ASL classifier predicates.

Question 4

When a Deaf signer uses 'listing' in ASL discourse, which non-manual and manual feature typically accompanies each item?

Accepted Answer

Using the non-dominant hand as a 'list buoy' while the dominant hand signs each item

Answer

Listing in ASL often involves using the non-dominant hand as a 'buoy' or anchor (sometimes touching fingers to enumerate), while the dominant hand signs each listed item.

Question 5

An interpreter who expands source language information to make an implicit cultural meaning explicit for the target audience is using which strategy?

Accepted Answer

Expansion or explicitation

Answer

Expansion or explicitation involves adding information to the target message that is culturally or contextually implicit in the source but needs to be made explicit for the target audience to understand.

(CASLI) Center for the Assessment of Sign Language Interpretation Practice Test

(CASLI) Center for the Assessment of Sign Language Interpretation Practice Test

CASLI Language Comprehension & Production 4