American Sign Language with Magen H.

I studied American Sign Language (ASL) in college during my bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD coursework. As a nationally certified ASL interpreter through the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, I have nine years of interpreting experience and hold two certifications (i.e., national and legal). I have a deep understanding of ASL and Deaf culture and can seamlessly translate from target sign language to written English using proper grammatical elements, vocabulary, and colloquialisms. I’m proficient in interpretation, both signing and voicing, simultaneous and consecutive, using a variety of modes of communication, including ASL, Pidgin Signed English or Contact Sign, Signed Exact English, Oral Transliteration, and Tactile for Deaf-Blind. I taught ASL 1 in the education department at a university in Washington, D.C. In the ASL course, I introduced the basics of ASL to undergraduate students with little or no previous knowledge of ASL through immersion; teaching completely in ASL. I taught ASL grammar, vocabulary, classifiers, non-manual signals, Deaf Culture, and the Deaf community. The class was in-person, and I incorporated receptive and expressive language activities through active participation.