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Interpreting as Language Teaching and Training for Professional Interpreting Svetlana Carsten
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Undergraduate programmes in interpreting Interpreting as a useful language-learning exercise on U/G degrees –Rational –Pedagogy U/G degrees in Interpreting –Objectives –Pedagogy –Value
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Postgraduate programmes in interpreting Objectives Pedagogy Resources
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Objectives Attainment of either –professional level or –aim to prepare professionally
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Pedagogy Selection How to reconcile: - desire to be an interpreter and -aptitude
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Pedagogy Memory training and Public speaking ‘A good interpreter must be a trained public speaker’ (Herbert 1952) –Early speeches/presentations: topics of ‘visual’ nature with simple structure and argument; clear pros and cons –Developing skills in analysis and synthesis –Ability to research
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Cont… Consecutive proper with Note-taking –Notes are only an aid/signposts –Decoding/encoding linguistic meaning through symbols –Problems of transition from work from memory to work from memory with note-taking –More challenging speeches: more complex structure and subject matter, factual material –Never being perfect
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Cont… Simultaneous –Consecutive as a preparation for simultaneous –General knowledge in simultaneous –Anticipation and importance of background knowledge –Ability to research
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Speech making, rationale perfect your analytical skills learn how to sound coherent improve your mother tongue and B language develop spontaneity in speaking learn to overcome nerves learn to research and ask the right questions when researching
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Text production v situated sense making ‘The sensing of what is meant as opposed to knowing a language as such is the very foundation of interpretation....’ (Seleskovitch, 1977, p. 28) The process of interpretation is ‘conveying messages’ and ‘expressing ideas’ Sense is non-verbal (keyhole concept)
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