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Middle School: 13-year-old Deaf child

Kuualoha, a beautiful doe-eyed child from Hawaii, provides commentary on a number of subjects.

Middle School: 12-year-old hearing child

We usually think about interpreting for D/deaf children, but often need to understand the speech (and thought) patterns of their hearing classmates.

Elementary School: Anatomy

Skilled fourth grade teacher Jeanne Cicchetto presents a lesson on Anatomy including the respiratory system, digestive system, and the heart that will increase your familiarity with this vocabulary and content.

If you interpret in the educational setting, you WILL want to watch this popular DVD! IEP meetings can impact a deaf child's whole educational experience.

Challenge yourself interpreting a fast-paced, spoken English lecture with ample political and historical terminology and content!

High School: Communication Arts

Jason Stewart gives a dynamic, interactive lesson, in ASL, on video technology. Recommended for preparing for the high school component of educational performance tests.

Middle/High School: History

Marla Marks gives a lesson on the history of fashion. She signs and fingerspells clearly, yet at a pace that would challenge the best of voice interpreters.

Middle/High School: Science

Thomas Dunn gives a Science lecture about the delicate balance of the Earth that will fascinate you...while you work on your sign-to-voice interpreting skills.

High School/College: Science and Drama

Isias Eaton will impress you with his poetic and dramatic use of ASL as he teaches and entertains all who watch.

Role shifting is much more than being a narrator. Narrators take on the role of different people in order to tell stories. It is also important for the audience to know which character is speaking.

Classifiers can do anything! (Well, almost.) This video offers a variety of stories presented by Trix Bruce entirely through the use of classifiers.

The stronger one's English skills, the better one interprets. Effective interpreters shift more easily between English and ASL, enjoy translating, consecutive interpreting, and simultaneous interpreting more, and have more satisfied clients.