11 Ps Educational Setting

Place- Dairy Farm; pumpkin patch/farm field trip

Participants- Classroom teachers, hearing students, deaf students, parents,
and farmers/guides
Power- The guides have the power over when the group will go and when,
the teachers have power over the students as a whole, and the parents have
power over their own children.
Perspective- The guides have never worked with an interpreter or Deaf
person before but it really has no impact on what they say or do, the
teachers work with the deaf student and interpreter on a daily basis, most
parents have never socialized with a deaf child or worked with an interpreter,
the parent of the deaf child have not met the interpreter before this and is
excited to meet them finally, and the interpreter doesnt know how much to
interpret and/or if they should interpret for the parent of the deaf child
(parent doesnt sign).
Proximity- The interpreter stays near the student but allows the student
and his/her parent to have a fun experience together.
Purpose- To learn about the farm
Point- To have a fun field trip and get a pumpkin to take home
Pragmatics- No complex terminology is used. The interpreter must know
the signs for farm animals.
Paralinguistic/Prosodic- The guide speaks during the pig races and cow
milking demonstration. The guide speaks loudly through a microphone and
speaks at a fast pace.
Professional Practices- The interpreter needs to dress appropriately for a
trip to a farm/pumpkin patch. The interpreter needs to be careful not to step
on the parents toes if they do not want you interpreting for them when they
speak to their child.
Personal-I do not like interpreting field trips because the students tend to be
wild and little discipline because the parents are around. I enjoy interpreting
structured field trips. Ones like the farm and pumpkin patch not structured
enough for me.