SLPI Sample Videos
Rating Levels
Note: These video clips are from SLPI:ASL archives. They may or may not represent the current skill levels of the candidates shown.
These video clips demonstrate ASL skills rated at the following SLPI:ASL levels:
- Novice range (Novice/Novice Plus)
- Survival range (Survival/Survival Plus)
- Intermediate range (Intermediate/Intermediate Plus)
- Advanced range (Advanced/Advanced Plus)
- Superior range (Superior/Superior Plus)
Novice Range
The candidate, on the right, manages a multi-media production department. She has just been asked to describe one project's process, step by step.
Survival Range
The candidate, on the left, has just been asked to talk about his family.
Intermediate Range
The candidate has just been asked about her work as a captionist.
Advanced Range
The candidate has just been asked about his son's work in the circus.
Superior Range
The candidate has just been asked to discuss her hobbies and leisure activities.
1. Indexing
The candidate, on the right, uses indexing to establish a machine tool.
This could be glossed "LATHE-there-rt".
2. Eye Gaze and Body Shift
The candidate, on the left, is comparing two courses she teaches.
This could be glossed "Body shifts and space for different courses (vocab/grammar-lt; composition-rt)".
3. Verb Movement Directionality
The candidate, on the right, demonstrates verb movement for looking in a microscope.
This could be glossed "LOOK-FOR-down" and "LOOK-AT-down".
4. Sign Movement Modification for Degree
The candidate, on the left, shows facial expression and sign movement modification.
This could be glossed "TIRED-very".
5. Sign Movement for Repeated Action
The candidate, on the left, shows repeated sign movement for repeated action.
This could be glossed "ADD-TO++".
6. Repetition of Sign Noun Movement (a)
The candidate, on the left, shows repetition of sign noun movement.
This could be glossed as "POSTER++".
7. Repetition of Sign Noun Movement (b)
The candidate, on the left, shows repetition of sign noun movement.
8. Number Incorporation
The candidate (right) is asked how often a newsletter is sent out.
This could be glossed EVERY-3-MONTHS/4-MONTHS.
9. Non-Dominant Hand Listing
The candidate (right) has just been asked about her children.
This could be glossed CHILDREN.
10. Conditional Sentence
The candidate (right) is describing how she got her name.
This could be glossed if-HAVE DAUGHTER, NAME THAT-ONE.
11. Classifiers CL:V and CL:B
The candidate, on the left, uses CL:V (legs) and CL:B (paws) in describing her cats in the morning.
Interview Strategies
Rephrasing a question
The candidate does not understand a question about requests for technical assistance, so the interviewer rephrases the question.
Describing a Smart Classroom
This candidate is asked to describe a smart classroom.
Probing for Hobbies
The candidate tries hard to evade discussing hobbies, and the interviewer uses various strategies until he succeeds in getting her to provide a useful language sample.