What to do if you are taking the NIC... Practice, practice, practice!

The 5 NIC Performance test vignettes are approximately 4-minutes in length each. You will create Selfie-Videos to be assessed and fine-tuning feedback will be given in a narrative format.

The evaluator will watch your "selfie-video" at least 20 times.

Twice for each of the 8-skill components and at least four more views for an overall holistic evaluation.

This will include, assessing the candidate's appearance and confidence.

Then the candidates fluency and grammar of ASL. Their extent of vocabulary, complexity of the language in the video interpreted,

Also, prosodic ability, use of space, directionality, sentence types, register, and non-manual markers.

this process will be done for both the receptive and expressive "selfie-video productions. 

How to produce your "Selfie-Video" instructions are in the next space below this line. 

How to make your "Selfie-Video" Upon registration confirmation, you will be given detailed instructions of how to create your own private "Selfie-Video" If you have a Mac or a PC you can video record yourself, better yet if you have a YouTube account, you can create and submit to us from the "private" option. 

What to do if you are taking the EIPA... Practice, practice, practice!

The EIPA Performance test consists of Receptive and Expressive vigenettes lasting approximately 60-minutes. 

The exact number of vigenettes depends on whether you are sitting for the Elementary or the Secondary EIPA Test. 

The evaluator will watch your "selfie-video" at least 20 times.

Twice for each of the 8-skill components and at least four more views for an overall holistic evaluation.

This will include, assessing the candidate's appearance and confidence.

Then the candidates fluency and grammar of ASL. Their extent of vocabulary, complexity of the language in the video interpreted,

Also, prosodic ability, use of space, directionality, sentence types, register, and non-manual markers. this process will be done for both the receptive and expressive "selfie-video productions.

How to produce your "Selfie-Video" instructions are in the space on the left of this space.