Movement Deletion and Hold Reduction in ASL
Includes a Live Web Event on 05/08/2025 at 6:00 PM (EDT)
*Note - this session will not be recorded for asynchronous viewing. Please register only if you plan to attend live on Thursday, May 8, 2025, 6:00pm-9:00pm ET. *
This Professional Studies program is offered for 0.3 PS CEUs at the little/none Content Knowledge Level. RID HQ is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities.
There has been little research done in phonetic reduction in American Sign Language particularly the area of movement deletion and hold reduction. Because ASL is richly complex, this specific skill is difficult to master for most educational sign language interpreters. The most basic signs that involve movement deletion and hold reduction are visible in vocabulary that are used in native signers, starting at four years old. The research design includes qualitative and quantitative data, showing how this specific skill varies between signers who received direct instruction in American Sign Language and those who used an educational interpreter during K-12. The participants in this study included a total of 13 individuals, seven who were mainstreamed in a public-school setting and six who attended a school for the deaf from K-12. The findings notably suggest that a skill in phonological processing, specifically the movement deletion and hold reduction, is significantly higher in those who received direct instruction in comparison to those who received interpreted instruction.
Participants will be able to:
1. Explain how Deaf and hearing interpreters and ASL Therapists detect phonological processing errors in regard to movement deletion and hold reduction during an informal observation
2. Explain how Deaf and hearing interpreters aid in signing students' mastery of movement deletion and hold reduction (K-12)
3. State the value of working alongside Deaf (Certified) Interpreters
Jaime Marshall
Jaime Marshall, MSW and MASLED, has nearly 15 years of American Sign Language teaching experience, training and mentoring student interpreters and professional interpreters. She is a faculty member at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Jaime attended NC School for the Deaf in Morganton, NC from K to 12 and matriculated at Gallaudet University with triple majors: Social Work, Psychology and Art History & Museum Studies. She also has two Master's degrees: Social Work and Sign Language Education. She has served on the NC Interpreter and Transliterator Licensing Board and continues to serve on the NC Association of the Deaf Board. Acknowledging her signing privilege and access to the Deaf Community since birth, Jaime is dedicated to paying particular attention to marginalized deaf and hard of hearing children as she strongly feels that is important that their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being is valued and nurtured as a whole. A former resident of the Washington, D.C. area for 15 years, Jaime now resides in Granite Falls, NC with her daughter, Scarlett. Jaime enjoys traveling with her daughter, restoring old furniture back to its natural beauty and gardening. Jaime is a strong advocate for Sign Language as a Human Right, she is a team member of Language First organization and can be reached at Jaime@Language1st.org. |
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