EIPA Transliteration and Signed English Systems 3

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Cued Speech is a form of SEE that cues each morpheme with a distinct handshape

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Cued Speech is an ASL variant designed for Deaf-Blind learners

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Cued Speech is another name for Contact Signing used in Total Communication classrooms

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

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It uses a combination of ASL signs and initialized signs

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It was developed specifically for Deaf-Blind students using tactile signing

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It mirrors SEE II but uses two-handed signs only

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Switching from one signed English system to another based on personal preference during a lesson

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Replacing technical vocabulary with simpler language to aid comprehension

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Alternating between fingerspelling and signing for every other word

Question 4

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?

Accepted Answer

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

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Rochester Method

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Cued Speech

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Contact Signing (PSE)

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Morphological changes in English are ignored and only root word signs are produced

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Morphology is conveyed entirely through facial grammar borrowed from ASL

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English morphemes are fingerspelled whenever a sign is not available

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Skip the term and summarize the surrounding concept

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Invent a new sign immediately without consulting any reference

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Use the closest metaphorical ASL sign even if the meaning is unrelated

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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

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It requires less training than ASL or SEE systems

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It eliminates the need for fingerspelling

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It is the official communication system required by IDEA for all Deaf students in mainstream settings