BOOKS You 'MUST' have With You on the 1st day  in the NIC Written Class have two asterisks ** in front of the book.

DO NOT purchase the other books at this time...unless you want them as a resource.

They are costly and you will not need them for this class.

All topics that you may be tested on will be covered in the lecture part of this course.

1) Baker-Shenk, C. & Cokely, D. (1980)

American sign language: a teacher’s resource text on grammar and culture. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.

**2) Cartwright, B. E. 2ND EDITION

(WHITE BOOK ONLY, NOT GREEN BOOK)

 Encounters with reality: 1,001 interpreter scenarios. Alexandria, VA: RID Press.

3) Christensen, K. M. & Delgado G. L. (2000). Deaf plus: a multicultural perspective

San Diego, CA: Dawn Sign Press.

4) Cokeley, D. (2000). Exploring ethics: a case for revising the code of ethics.

Journal of Interpretation 2000, 25-57.

5) Frishberg, N. (1990).

 Interpreting: an introduction.      Alexandria, VA: RID Press.

**6) Humphrey, J. H. & Alcorn, B. J. (2001).So you want to be an interpreter: an introduction to sign language interpreting

 (4th ed.). Clearwater, FL: H&H Publishing.

7)  Kelly, J. (2001). Transliterating: show me the English. Alexandria, VA: RID Press. 

8) McIntire, M. (Ed.). Proceedings of the Ninth National Convention of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, July 4-8, 1985. Interpreting: the art of cross cultural mediation. Alexandria, VA: RID Press.

9) Mindess, A. (1999). Reading between the signs: intercultural communication for sign language interpreters. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press.

10) National multicultural interpreter project (NMIP) curriculum. Posted in 2000 to the TIEM Project Web site, NMIP, El Paso Community College at http://www. epcc. edu /Community/NMIP/TableofContents.htm

**11) NAD-RID Code of Professional Conduct.  Available to print from the RID Web site at www.rid.org

**12) RID Standard Practice Papers.  Available for printing from the RID Web site at www.rid.org

**13) RID Bylaws.  Available for printing from the RID Web site at www.rid.org 

14) Seal, B. C. Best practices in educational interpreting.  Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. Stewart, D. A., Schein, J. D. & Cartwright, B. E. (1998).

15) Sign language interpreting: exploring its art and science.  Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

16) Valli, C. & Lucas, C. (1995). Linguistics of American sign language: an introduction.  Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.

17) Vickrey Van Cleve, J. & Crouch, B. A. (1989). A place of their own: creating deaf community in America.  Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press

**18) Veditz, George, article Preserving American Sign Language. Available to print from the RID Web site at

Description:

This Interpreter Certification, Written Test Preparation Training Course for the NIC will familiarize you with a various possible interpreting topic question.

This training is an accelerated practice that is focused on the “quantitative” and qualitative values of the knowledge portion of the NIC test. Specifically attending to the laws, policies and requirements for sign language interpreters.

If you have taken the NIC test in the past, you can review your test results and analyze where your strengths are and areas that need to be strengthened.

Educational Objectives:

·        Participants will review and recall the 7 tenets of the Code of Professional Conduct using a memory tree technique.

·        Participants will learn and examine the laws and Acts governing sign language interpreters for their specific significance related to the NIC written test.

·        Participants will learn and understand how to apply linguistic information as related to sign language interpreting.

·        Participants will examine and study the standard practice papers on the RID.org website to prepare for the written test.

·        Participants will take the practice tests provided in the test booklet from RID.org.

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