Announcement Events

Monthly Trilingual Practice Session: May 19th

May 1, 2022May 8, 2022Mano a Mano Webmaster

Let’s talk about the BEI trilingual advanced test!

Thursday, May 19th

6pm PST

7pm MST

8pm CST

9pm EST

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***No CEUs for this event. It is a free networking event for trilinguals***

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Announcement Events

Monthly Trilingual Practice Session: Nov 17th

November 9, 2021May 9, 2022Mano a Mano Webmaster

Join us for a practice session with interpreter Ruth de Jesus who will guide us on how to prepare for the BEI Trilingual exam.

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Events

Virtual Workshop: Introduction to Interpreting in Mental Health and Psychological Settings

November 11, 2020April 13, 2021Mano a Mano Admin

Virtual Workshop presented by Registro de Intérpretes para Sordos de Puerto Rico, Inc. (RISPRI).

Event Info: Sat., Dec. 12, 2020 1-2p

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About: RISPRI is a non-profit membership organization that plays a leading role in advocating for excellence in the delivery of interpretation and transliteration services between people who use sign language and people who use spoken language in Puerto Rico.

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Events

Webinar: Spanish in the Americas

August 8, 2018January 27, 2021Mano a Mano Admin

Event Info: Tue., Aug. 14, 2018 – 6 to 7:30pm

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New Educational Event

Spanish in the Americas

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This training will examine the major dialects of Spanish spoken in the Americas and their manifestations in the Spanish spoken in the United States. The training will provide an overview of the key dialectal differences focusing primarily on pronunciation and lexical variation. The training will provide interpreters with strategies to recognize and assess dialect differences in Spanish.

Content Focus:

Introduce basic linguistic concepts as framework (descriptive vs. prescriptive language, language variation, linguists’ use of ‘dialect’)
Familiarize participants with the main dialects of American Spanish
Examine differences in Spanish varieties (phonological, lexical, regional vs. ethnic/cultural)
Review common ambiguities encountered in multi-dialectal interactions
Introduce strategies to recognize and assess dialect differences in Spanish

Where: Online Via GoToWebinar (webinar link emailed immediately after registration)

When: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (EST)

Accredited by: CCHI/CEAP, RID/ACET, IMIA, and Washington State DSHS

Cost: $55.00

About the Trainer: Glenn Martinez PhD MPH, is professor of hispanic linguistics and director of the Center for Languages Literatures and Cultures at The Ohio State University. Dr. Martinez received a PhD in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MPH in border health from the Texas A&M School of Public Health. His research focuses on the sociolinguistic dimensions of Spanish in the United States and language policy and practice in health care settings. He is the author of Mexican Americans and Language (U of Arizona Press, 2006) and Spanish in Healthcare: Policy, Pedagogy and Practice (Routledge, Forthcoming).

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