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Workshop Abstracts

Silent Weekend at Western Oregon University, August 14-16.

Great workshops! Daily registration rates! Up to 0.8 CEUs

Great entertainment!

Friday

4:00-6:00pm             Registration/Check-In (ED205)

5:30-6:45pm             Silent Dinner (Valsetz Dining Hall)

7:00-8:00pm             Welcome/Icebreaker Activities (Smith Hall Lawn)

8:00-10:00pm           Performance (Smith Hall Auditorium)

Friday Evening Entertainment:

An Evening in ASL: 6 Guys and a Girl

With Performances by:

• Brenda Aron
• Justin Coleman
• Fred Farrior
• Patrick Fischer
• Brad Houck
• Heath Goodall
• Carl Schroeder

Saturday

7:30-8:45am              Registration (ED205)

8:00-8:45am              Silent Breakfast (VDH)

9:00-12:00pm            Breakout Workshop Tracks (ED Bldg)

12:00-1:15pm            Silent Lunch (VDH)

1:30-4:30pm              Breakout Workshop Tracks (ED Bldg)

4:30-5:30pm              Break

5:30-6:45pm              Silent Dinner (VDH)

7:00-9:00pm              “No Talent Required” Talent Show (Smith Hall Auditorium)

9:00pm-???               Main St. Pub Social, 21 & over

Sunday

7:30-8:45am              Silent Breakfast & Check-Out (ED205)

9:00-11:00am            Breakout Workshop Tracks (ED Bldg)

11:15-12:00pm          Closing Activity

Workshop Topics:

Expanding Your Balloon: ASL Strategies

Pay Yourself First: How to Establish Yourself as a Freelance Interpreter

Discourse Mapping in Educational Settings: Preparation & Production

English Idioms & Conceptual Accuracy

Interpreting Pronouns: ASL to English

Interpreting Foreign Language Instruction

Signs Have Parts...and Much More!

Sign What You Mean, Mean What You Sign

Interpreting K-12 Math

British Sign Language: Posh or Rubbish?

Prosodic Features in Educational Discourse

Fingerspelling & Numbers: Improve Your Accuracy

Disability Paradigms 101 for Interpreters

What are Those X@!$%& Signs?

Developing Your Tool Box: Prepping for that Gig

Preparing for the EIPA Performance Test

Introduction to Demand-Control Schema

Registration Costs:

• ·        $65 Student registration rate. Students = enrolled in interpreting, Deaf Ed, Deaf Studies, or ASL Studies courses.
• ·        $80 full-weekend registration.
• ·        $21 housing in on-campus residence halls, with linens; per night, double occupancy.
• ·        $16 housing in on-campus residence halls, no linens; per night, double occupancy.
• ·        $40 for meals (Friday Silent Dinner, Saturday BLD, Sunday Breakfast)

Per-Day Registration

$25 Friday

$60 Saturday

$25 Sunday

Contact CM Hall at 503-838-8731 or hallcm@wou.edu. Save your space today!