DI SPRING seminar 2015

Please, click on this link to watch a video introducing the seminar in International Sign.

 efsli Deaf Interpreters’ Spring seminar
13th and 14th of June 2015 in Berlin at Yomma

The theme of the spring seminar is ” Deaf Interpreters as Community Interpreters“
– Presentation: Diversity in the Deaf Community
– Presentation: The A-Z of an interpreting assignment
– Presentation and Discussion: Public relations work
– Workshop: Where can I work as Deaf interpreter?
– Workshop: Working in diverse settings
– Workshop: Dealing with variation in communication
– Work groups: What do I need (to know) as Deaf interpreter?
– Practical examples

Leaders: Mandy Gnerlich and Benedikt J. Feldmann.
Benedikt J. Feldmann and Mandy Gnerlich are governmental certified deaf interpreters from Berlin. They work mostly in community interpreting. Berlin is a multi-cultural melting pot where a variety of deaf people from many nations, with a broad range of educational background live. As a result, Benedikt and Mandy have experienced many ways of interpreting in the community and will share their experience with us.

The structure of the seminar is as follows:

Saturday, 13th of June 2015 from 13:00 – 18:00

Sunday, 14th of June 2015 from 10:00 – 16:00

13th June:
Early Afternoon:
– Introduction and Opening Presentations
– Presentation: Diversity in the Deaf Community
– Presentation: The A-Z of an interpreting appointment

Late Afternoon:
– Presentation and Discussion: Public relations work
– Workshop: Where can I work as Deaf interpreter?

14th June:
Morning:
– Workshop: Working in diverse settings
– Workshop: Dealing with variation in communication

Afternoon:
– Work groups: What do I need (to know) as Deaf interpreter?
– Practical examples
– Summary and Concluding Remarks

Registration and payment deadline is 22 May 2015

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Registration fee is
200 euros for residents of countries with GDP over 20.000.
100 euros for residents of countries with GDP under 20.000.
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Payment can be made either by PayPal (after filling in the online registration survey and return to this page to use the button above to pay):

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The registration Deadline is 21 August 2015.