The Right to Language Access
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Key Terms:
- LEP: limited English proficient, meaning a person whose native language is other than English, and whose skills in English are insufficient for a certain context
- language access: interpretation, translation, and related efforts to reduce language barriers for people with limited English proficiency
- interpreter: converts between spoken languages or spoken and sign language
- translator: converts between written languages
- federal courts: courts located within US states but dealing with matters of federal law, such as interstate drug dealing
- state courts: courts located around a state and dealing with matters internal to that state, including district, county, municipal and justice courts
This course is designed to be watched sequentially, each video followed by a quiz, and will not advance until the video has played all the way through and the quiz is passed.
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