This is a practical course in English that develops the student’s ability to efficiently think about, organize and express concepts. Throughout the course, students will participate in a variety of individual and group activities that provide practice in processing, organizing and conceptualizing information. In subsequent courses, these skills will be further developed and utilized during the process of interpretation. The English source language materials provided will increase in length and complexity as the course progresses in order to better prepare students for the eventual task of consecutive and simultaneous ASL-English interpretation.