the field of sign language interpreting has been around for decades, it is still in its infancy stages of professionalization and standardization. This paper will briefly look at the developing field of interpreting. The role of an interpreter originated as volunteers or family members who knew enough to communicate basic information. A new wave of educated and trained interpreters are entering the field and creating new standards and practice norms. Both kinds of interpreters, those who went to school, and those that learn through the community are now being paired together on assignments to team. Each kind show up with a different standards of practice and expectation or their team. This paper only evaluates the dynamics between a group
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Interpreters were families and friends of individuals that knew some of the language and would volunteer their time to assist with translation. Interpreters were used “informally” for all language needs (p.1). America started using language interpreters in the 1930’s after the creation of the United Nations, and even more so after World War II. However sign language interpreters took a little longer to develop. It was not until the 1970’s that state legislations were starting to represent the needs of the Deaf community, and interpreters were being paid for their time. Schools, associations and certification agencies have been evolving and changing the field and expectation of Sign Language Interpreters. As the field developed, the skills and the practices of the interpreters did as well …show more content…
Their findings have shown that individuals tend to overestimate their abilities, describing their skill set as above average. Individuals could not recognize their errors, due to lack of a foundation and poor metacognitive skills. Self-assessing without a strong foundation of knowledge, tends to make individuals produce poor results, without the connive awareness to recognize it. Where as more knowledgable and accomplished individuals had a better ability to accurately self-assess, then novices entering a field. Especially summarizing that “not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it” (p.
Interpreters were families and friends of individuals that knew some of the language and would volunteer their time to assist with translation. Interpreters were used “informally” for all language needs (p.1). America started using language interpreters in the 1930’s after the creation of the United Nations, and even more so after World War II. However sign language interpreters took a little longer to develop. It was not until the 1970’s that state legislations were starting to represent the needs of the Deaf community, and interpreters were being paid for their time. Schools, associations and certification agencies have been evolving and changing the field and expectation of Sign Language Interpreters. As the field developed, the skills and the practices of the interpreters did as well …show more content…
Their findings have shown that individuals tend to overestimate their abilities, describing their skill set as above average. Individuals could not recognize their errors, due to lack of a foundation and poor metacognitive skills. Self-assessing without a strong foundation of knowledge, tends to make individuals produce poor results, without the connive awareness to recognize it. Where as more knowledgable and accomplished individuals had a better ability to accurately self-assess, then novices entering a field. Especially summarizing that “not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it” (p.