Abstract
This paper provides a brief review of the history of deaf education in Australia, Australian Sign Language (Auslan), and Auslan interpreting. A panel of Australian deaf university students from diverse linguistic and educational backgrounds provides insights into their perceptions of sign language interpreting provision in university lectures. They commented on their interpreting preferences after viewing two videotaped segments of university lecture interpretation, one demonstrating a predominantly free approach and the other a predominantly literal approach. Expectations of the deaf students were explored in relation to the educational backgrounds and qualifications of university interpreters; comprehension of interpreters is also discussed. Results suggest that the university students preferred interpreters to combine both interpretation styles, switching between literal and free approaches when appropriate. In doing so, students can access lecture content in Auslan while accessing
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 228 - 238 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |
Keywords
- signed language interpreting, deaf people, consumers, expectations