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Sometimes that's all it takes. :)

Honestly, I doubt hearing students would think that the Deaf child was gaining an unfair advantage. Most likely they would pity him for his "disability" and his need for someone to "help" him understand what is being taught.

Pre-assignment prep is what any responsible interpreter would do.

Regarding an interpreter signing the improper word, I can see how this might be a problem at first, but as the interpreter becomes more familiar with the subject matter and the language, I would be shocked if the number of mistakes didn't decrease (assuming there were very many mistakes to begin...

I agree. I was not suggesting that the interpreter usurp the teacher's authority. I was simply making note of the fact that an interpreter's responsibility in any given situation is often larger than the actual job of interpreting and that invoking the "It's not in my job description" excuse...

I'm a little late to this thread seeing how it was started at the beginning of the year, but I have to disagree with the notion that it's the interpreter's job to just stand there and relay information, and anything else is outside of their job description. The full job description of an...

It's possible that the palm orientation is simply to make the handshape easier to see and isn't necessarily an indication that they should all be signed with palm out. Notice too that the hand is tilted at a 45 degree angle, but I don't think they were telling you do that, either. Huh, and...

Context helps, but you might also need some additional signs to increase clarity. For instance EAT YOU WANT? (eyebrows raised) GAS YOU HAVE? (eyebrows raised)

L handshape, palm out, followed by the second digit.

There are variations for 16-19. One variation starts with palm facing in a modified 10 handshape (the thumb is held lower), then the hand is flipped to palm out while signing the second digit. The second variation has palm out signing the second digit (so signing 18, you'd use the 8 handshape)...

I said it was plausible, not that it was likely. In my case, I still have a hell of a time differentiating between 7 and 8!

I was taught 1-5 palm in, 6-10 palm out, 11-15 palm in, and then it's more or less palm out from there. Apparently more and more signs are being modified to palm out to make them easier to read on video chat systems, so it's common these days to see 1-10 palm out (and even days of the week...

Basically just hang your hand naturally at your side and then lift your hand up by bending your arm at the elbow. That's where your hand should be.

If this is an uncorrectable visual impairment issue then you may have to ask people you're signing with to keep their hands within your field of view. For instance, they may have to fingerspell more in front of their face rather than near their shoulder.

It's one of those things that will come with practice. The problem with trying to shift your gaze to look at the hand is that you will miss the first few letters. The general trick is to use context and configuration (that is the overall shape of the fingerspelled word; for example, "apple"...

This is also not without its frustrations. Some people simply don't wish to be educated and remain willfully ignorant even when you offer resources with which they could educate themselves. That said, I agree that we should do what we can, but sometimes you just can't cure willful ignorance.

Because that's how many people look at it. I had a guy tell me recently that Deaf culture was essentially immoral because it's "celebrating a defect" (his exact phrase) and that Deaf people should feel compelled to seek out a remedy for their condition. So in the eyes of many people in the...

Nope, because fingerspelling is a series of interconnected signs, just like any other sign. If a sibling's name is "Frank" and you fingerspell it, the child is not seeing individual letters but the flow and configuration of the handshapes that spell out F-R-A-N-K. It's essentially one...

That is incorrect. Fingerspelling is, in fact, an integral part of the language and is used frequently by signers in the course of normal conversation.

It's not a rule as much as it is a safeguard to prevent unskilled and inexperienced signers from inadvertently giving themselves inappropriate name signs.