Once again, being an ASL interpreter is a labor of love. There are a number of steps and processes that every interpreter needs to use each and every time he or she interprets. One of the fundamental abilities that an interpreter must develop in order to work closely and efficiently with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing as well as hearing consumers is the maintenance and bolstering of expressive skills. In every chapter, viewers will first see a complete story
without ASL or open captions. Then immediately following the story, there will be various exercises to aid you, as interpreters and ASL students to develop expressive skills: Fingerspelling Check; (including use of numbers), Vocabulary Check; Idiom & Phrase Check; Short Sentence Check