1. Discuss your reactions to the message. Were your reactions observable visibly or audibly? Sometimes I felt that my reactions were observable, but I felt like I kept my composure pretty well, better than most other times.
2. Were you able to establish and maintain appropriate eye contact while listening and while interpreting? For the most part, yes. I noticed that when I did not understand something that was being said I tended to break eye contact. I am unsure why this is. Maybe I was trying to make sense of it before or during the rendering of the message.
3. Was your interpretation intelligible and loud enough? I felt that my interpretations were loud enough and intelligible enough for the consumers. During my introduction, however, I noticed a few unclear statements due to the fact that I had not practiced the introduction of consecutive interpreting before the fact.
4. What were your reactions to the interpreting process? Does the recorded version of your interpretation reveal your reactions either visibly or audibly? After watching my first interpretation I noticed a few idiosyncrasies in my speech, as well as, a lot of fillers, such as, "um" or "but." I also noticed that I messed with my hair a lot. In the second interpretation, which was in signed language, I tried to avoid this.
5. What could you do to improve your performance? I definitely need to practice my introductions in English. My ASL introductions are more clear and professional than my English introductions. Also, I need to be more aware of what I am saying and how it comes across to the consumer. A few of my comments were confusing because of my word choice. I think finding unfamiliar customers will aid in this, too.