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Hi everybody, so for today's interpreter tips i'm going
to be talking about studying for and passing
your national certificaiton or it could be your state certification.
Umm I'm going to give you 3 tips. Three very general tips to help
you to go ahead and get it over with and get certified.
So now I have been certified for I think about
4, going on 5 years now. I was extremely
nervous when I had to take my certification test. it doesn't matter if you're
just starting out or if you've been in the business for a long time. Going for
your certification process can be very daunting. Now there are 2 parts to the certification
the written part and the performance. So yeah
a lot of people have taken the written but they're so scared to take the performance and I
understand that. It's a really scary idea. You're paying a lot of money
and you just want to pass and get it over with. So typcially
tip #1 is be confident. Now I know this sounds
really cheesey and probably like "that's not gonna help me much" but it is!
Umm like I said when I graduated from my interpreting program,
I wanted to take my certification and I was just so nervous to do it. I kept
putting it off. Then you know Jenna, who I was friends
with at the time was just like "go ahead and do it! You just need to get it over with.
So she forced me to call, set up a time. I took
my written and then she forced me to call and set up a time to set up my performance and
I took it and I passed! So I think having confidence in
yourself will help you to 1 go ahead and take the test. I know some people
who have paid their money, it's been 5 years and they've never taken
it. Set up a time, set up that
date and just use the countdown and let's go for it. Umm then
be confident also will help lessen your nerves when you're going in. You're still probably gonna
be nervous, but if you have confidence in yourself, then you're not gonna be as
nervous and you're test will show much better and I think you'll just do better in general.
Tip #2 is workshops or working
with somebody. Now umm these are kind of are a little bit different
but they go hand in hand. I know there are many different people and places
agencies that offer preparation workshops for both the written and
the performance part of the test. More or less I think it's the written
part they offer it for. I would definitely, definitely go
to one of these workshops if you are able to do that. Umm a lot
of times they will give you really great material. Not necessarily the
answers to the test, but they'll give you ideas of what you can practice
on and you know they're more knowledgeable about what is on the
test. So It will help you to be more comfortable when you're going. You'll kind of have
some information and you'll fell a lot better. Umm like I said if you can't
go to a workshop, umm maybe see if there's a study group
or start a study group in your area. Umm usually
there's always a few different people who are wanting to take their test at the time.
So you know talk with your other fellow interpreters and get some names of people
who are going to be taking their test, maybe around the same time as you, and
then you guys can all set up a study group together. You know maybe
find a person who has taken the test recently and see if you
can get some ideas from them of how to study for the test.
Then you guys can get together and then work with each other
and that will really help you out! Umm tip #3
would be practice. Umm that kind of goes with going to the workshop.
and your study group, but practicing is going to be key!
It's gonna help build your confidence. Umm it's just gonn help your knowledge in
general. Practicing for the written would be memeorizing your
CPC and all the different information that they require.
I'm not exactly sure because I took mine 5 years ago. So definitely
practice, practice, memorize those things because you're
going to need to know that. For the performance part of the exam,
I can umm work with somebody who has taken it more
recnetly. Then for the practice part of it I would say
go ahead and sit down with somebody, whether it's that person that took it,
or a friend of a family memeber. Someone who is very good at sign language and interpreting,
and have them film you. So have them you know give
you a scenario. Then you go ahead, you give your answer. They're gonna film you
doing it. Then you're both gonna sit down and you're gonna watch the film.
Then the person is going to give you tips of how are you signing it.
What do they think of the answer that you gave. A lot of it has to do
with how you look. So don't look nervous. You know, how are you
signging it? What is your style of signing? Are you being repetitive on things?
That type of thing they can tell you. Then you watch yourself and a lot of times you
can pick up on things that your'e doing that you can change. So the more you
do this the more you'll get used to it. Umm and maybe just being filmed if you're not used
to having a camera filming you then you'll get used to that as well.
So yeah those are the 3 tips that
I can give you guys. If you have any other questions about
taking the test, go ahead and leave those as comments below,
or can always direct message me on YouTube. Now like I said, I took
mine 5 years ago. So I know the test has totally changed on there
but um I will still try and answer any questions if you have them.
Umm if you guys have taken your test recently, please, please if you have any tips
leave those as comments below as well so other people can get
some ideas of tips and tricks. What did you do to pass and to get your certification?
So alright... ok guys
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