Deaf Community Service Learning 2

This course is the second of two courses designed to strengthen the interpreting student's ability to appropriately engage in the Deaf community. Students will participate in community volunteer service and they will also plan and host social events to complement monthly Practical Learning Days (PL Days). PL Days will comprise intense practice interpreting in simulated scenarios role-played by Deaf community members and non-signing hearing volunteers. Guided by a Deaf instructor, students will reflect on their experiential learning in classroom seminars. The language of instruction will be ASL.

Prerequisites

INTR 2150.

What you will learn

• Service Learning:
  
  Supporting Deaf people and organizations in the community
  Collaborating with peers
  Culturally appropriate communication
  Positionality and its impact on student-community interaction
  Participating in the reciprocity pool
• Practical Learning Days:
  
  Managing the demands of all-day intensive interpreting practice
  Hosting Deaf community members at social gatherings on campus
  Making appropriate choices for interacting as a bilingual bicultural hearing person
• Reflective Learning:
  
  Journaling
  Goal setting for ongoing growth and development
  Personal biases – identifying them and what to do about them
  Sharing in reflective discussions with peers, in ASL

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.