Chapter 1 Homework

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Exercise 1: Intrapersonal Demands

Imagine yourself as an interpreter in the first grade classroom and interpreting for story time. In addition to the demands listed here, consider other likely demands. From this understanding of the environmental, interpersonal, and paralinguistic, demands, what intrapersonal demands would you have to deal with working in this scenario? In the table below, list the thoughts, feelings and psychological reactions you might have to this interpreting assignment.

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2. Now, list which of those above would have been significant enough that it would have been considered a demand? Remember not all aspects of an assignment is a demand for an interpreter, it must rise to a level of significance where it impacts your work.
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