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1. Course
Code
C40XJ
5. School
7. Delivery:
Location &
Semester
Management and Languages
Edin
SBC
Orkney
Sem 2
2. Course
Title
Sem…….
Advanced Interpreting Skills 2
Sem………..
3. SCQF
Level
10
4. Credits
15
6. Course
Co-ordinator
Prof Isabelle Perez
Approved Learning Partner
Dubai
IDL
Collaborative Partner
Sem……..
Sem….
Name…………………….....Sem..…...
Name …………………………………Sem………..
8. Pre-requisites
9. Linked Courses
(specify if synoptic)
10. Excluded Courses
11. Replacement Courses
C40XI (Synoptic)
Code:
12. Degrees for which
this is a core course
Date Of Replacement:
13. The course may be
delivered to:
15. Aims
UG only
PG only
UG & PG
MA in Languages – Interpreting and Translating (LINT), MA
(Hons) BSL (Interpreting, Translating and Applied Language
Studies).
14. Available as an Elective?
Yes
No
To enable students to reach professional standards of accuracy and presentation in consecutive and liaison interpreting, and to familiarise students with the simultaneous mode of interpreting
To equip students with the skills to negotiate interactional exchanges between two or more persons of different languages and cultures.
To enhance students’ skills in the spontaneous production of English and two foreign/signed languages.
To develop students’ presentation and communication skills in English and two foreign/signed languages.
16. Syllabus
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1) Language specific practice seminars fortnightly (3h/w) to combine conference and liaison interpreting, alternate language combination in alternate weeks in weeks 2.1 to 2.11 (no teaching
in week 2.7). Students studying on the MA (Hons) BSL (Interpreting and Applied Language Studies) programme will attend BSL specific interpreting seminars in all weeks (yet no teaching in
week 2.7).
a) Conference Interpreting
Consecutive interpreting
Practice focussing on advanced skills/subskills including concentration/memory exercises; analysis; visualisation, paraphrasing; summarising; development of
analytical note-taking system; structure and linkage; delivery and presentation
Simultaneous interpreting
Review of basic skills; concentration/ memory exercises; analysis; anticipation; abstracting; chunking; multi-tasking
Classes may include the following activities: introduction to the speech situation, consideration of specialised terminology, actual interpretation, group feedback &
discussion. Individual feedback may also be provided.
b) Liaison Interpreting
Various types of speech/sign exchange: the question-and-answer session, the interview, the negotiation and the debate. Staged dialogues are prepared and ‘acted out’ by the tutor and
one of the students or a language assistant as interlocutors. Preparation takes place on the basis of background material and information about
the interlocutors and context. Students receive feedback on performance in the form of diagnostic comments.
2) Students (all language combinations) participate in 3 hour mini-conferences three times per semester and in the MultiLingual Debate
17. Learning Outcomes (HWU Core Skills: Employability and Professional Career Readiness)
Subject Mastery
Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive
Skills
Scholarship, Enquiry and Research (Research-Informed Learning)
1) Advanced Conference Interpreting (Consecutive and introduction to Simultaneous)
2) Advanced Liaison Interpreting
Develop the principal skills and practices associated with specialised and advanced interpreting.
Acquire the declarative and procedural knowledge relevant to specialised consecutive, simultaneous and liaison interpreting.
Relay meaning and express meaning in appropriate target language form.
Divide attention (multi-tasking).
Perceive explicit and implicit meaning.
Memorise information and use notation.
Mediate between interlocutors not sharing a common language.
Develop a critical understanding of intercultural and interlingual issues in interpreting.
Address an audience in an appropriate manner (consecutive and simultaneous interpreting).
Ability to manage face-to-face interaction for particular purposes (liaison interpreting).
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Personal Abilities
Industrial, Commercial & Professional Practice
Autonomy, Accountability & Working with Others
Communication, Numeracy & ICT
Practice in a range of professional level contexts which include a degree of unpredictability and/or specialism.
Critically identify, define, conceptualise, and analyse complex/professional level problems and issues.
Offer professional level insights, interpretations and solutions to problems and issues.
Critically review and consolidate knowledge, skills and practices and thinking.
Demonstrate some originality and creativity in dealing with interpreting issues.
Communicate with professional level peers, senior colleagues and specialists.
Exercise autonomy and initiative in interpreting and related activities.
Work effectively under guidance with peers and with qualified practitioners.
Deal with complex ethical and professional issues in accordance with current professional practices.
18. Assessment Methods
Method
19. Re-assessment Methods
Duration of Exam
Weighting (%)
Synoptic courses?
(if applicable)
Liaison Interpreting examination in
2 language combinations
Consecutive Interpreting
Examination in 2 language
combinations
C/A based on class performance
(simultaneous)
20. Date and Version
Date of Proposal
Method
Duration of Exam
(if applicable)
40
yes
40
20
Date of Approval by
School Committee
Date of
Implementation
Version
Number
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Diet(s)