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LN5034: CONFERENCE INTERPRETING (2020-2021)

Last modified: 05 Aug 2021 13:04


Course Overview

This course focuses on the intensive practice of consecutive and simultaneous interpreting. It provides students with the advanced skills, strategies and practical knowledge to perform interpreting tasks in a professional way and with confidence. It encourages students to analyse and reflect upon their own interpreting practice.  Compared to the Introduction to Conference Interpreting course in 1HS, this course puts greater emphasis on detailed and nuanced renditions, the projection of the speaker’s intentions and the delivery of the target speech. The course will also put more emphasis on the preparation of more complex interpreting assignments. This course will run if there is a minimum of 3 students per language combination.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Maria Sanchez-Ortiz

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course will:

Introduce the principles and practice of interpreting consecutively and simultaneously from one language bilaterally (from and into English) on a range of topics, and to develop students’ practice to an advanced level;

Develop the ability to construe meaning, intuition, and speed of reaction in order to ensure optimal interlinguistic mediation in the professional context of conference interpreting;

Instruct students in the principles and practice of note-taking for conference interpreting purposes;

Foster skills of public speaking at a high level.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

2x Exam consecutive into English (25% each)

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Speech of 750-850 words.

30 minutes per student.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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2x Exam simultaneous into English (each 25%)

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Speech of 800-900 words.

30 minutes per student.

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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Resubmission of failed element

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Learning Outcomes
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralUnderstandTake and use notes effectively and interpret confidently without notes, according to the requirements of the situation.
ProceduralApplyInterpret, to a standard approaching professional level, in a wide variety of contexts including speeches, presentations, meetings and negotiations, company tours, official functions, escorting guests

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