Hello. I am taking the BQAS performance next week and wanted to know how the process is? Also, how did you prepare for the assessment (performance portion)? Where there any practice videos that helped you?
There’s information on the website about the test, here is a good faq sheet: www.vddhh.virginia.gov/downloads/VQASPacket/FREQUENTLYASKEDQUESTIONS.doc There aren’t any specific videos to use but you can use youtube videos to practice the skills needed which are expressive (you interpreting in sign), receptive (you voicing), and interactive (back and forth voicing and interpreting for two people). There’s each of these sections for interpreting and transliterating. Good luck! Hope this helps. I can’t share specifics about the test but this should give you a good starting point and you can read through that faq sheet for how the test is graded, etc.
I forgot to add that I didn’t pass the Purple Assessment, but I can apply again six months from the date I took it :)
Congrats 🎉 What a lucky guy that is!
Hello. I am taking the BQAS performance next week and wanted to know how the process is? Also, how did you prepare for the assessment (performance portion)? Where there any practice videos that helped you?
There’s information on the website about the test, here is a good faq sheet:
www.vddhh.virginia.gov/downloads/VQASPacket/FREQUENTLYASKEDQUESTIONS.doc
There aren’t any specific videos to use but you can use youtube videos to practice the skills needed which are expressive (you interpreting in sign), receptive (you voicing), and interactive (back and forth voicing and interpreting for two people). There’s each of these sections for interpreting and transliterating. Good luck! Hope this helps. I can’t share specifics about the test but this should give you a good starting point and you can read through that faq sheet for how the test is graded, etc.