Transliteration and Signed English Systems Flashcards

What is Cued Speech and how does it differ from signed English systems?

Answer: Cued Speech uses handshapes near the face to clarify spoken phonemes and is not a sign language or signed English system

Cued Speech is a visual phonemic system using handshapes near the mouth to disambiguate speech sounds; unlike signed English systems, it is not a manual language but a supplement to spoken language lipreading.

How does the Rochester Method differ from other manually coded English systems?

Answer: It relies solely on fingerspelling every English word simultaneously with speech, without using any signs

The Rochester Method involves speaking and simultaneously fingerspelling every word in English with no signs used at all, relying entirely on the manual alphabet.

What does code-switching mean in the context of an educational interpreter?

Answer: Shifting between ASL and a signed English system or between registers in response to communicative context

Code-switching in interpreting refers to moving between linguistic systems such as ASL to Contact Signing in response to the interaction context, the participant's preferences, or the register of the communication.

Which signed English system is most closely associated with the Total Communication philosophy adopted in many U.S. schools for the Deaf during the 1970s and 1980s?

Answer: Seeing Essential English (SEE I) and Signed Exact English (SEE II)

SEE I and SEE II became the dominant signed English systems used in Total Communication programs because they provided a visual representation of English intended to support English literacy development.

How does English morphology affect sign production in Manually Coded English systems during educational interpreting?

Answer: English morphemes like plural -s, past tense -ed, and progressive -ing are each represented by separate distinct signs added to base signs

MCE systems like SEE II assign distinct signs to bound morphemes such as -s, -ed, -ing, -er, and -ment so that English inflectional and derivational morphology is visually represented alongside root word signs.

How should an educational interpreter handle a technical academic term such as 'mitosis' that does not have a widely established ASL sign?

Answer: Fingerspell the term, and if used repeatedly, establish a fingerspelled loan sign or agreed-upon initialized sign with the student

Best practice is to fingerspell new technical vocabulary and then establish a consistent shorthand such as a fingerspelled loan or initialized sign with the student so the term can be used efficiently throughout the lesson.

What is a primary advantage of using Contact Signing rather than strict ASL or strict SEE in a mainstream K-12 educational setting?

Answer: It allows the interpreter to flexibly meet students with varying ASL fluency levels and bridges ASL and English literacy development

Contact Signing's flexibility lets interpreters adapt to students with different ASL proficiency levels and supports English literacy by incorporating English structure, making it practical in diverse mainstream classrooms.