Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer
Adelis Huang
Contact via 9850 9184
C5A 539
Lecturer
Sydney Ye
Contact via 9850 9184
C5A 539
Administration
Alice Wu
Contact via 9850 6782
C3A Level 3
By appointment
Adelis Huang
Zhongwei Song
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MConfInt
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit is basically theory-oriented. It deals with the most important aspects of simultaneous interpreting (SI), including SI as a purposeful, communicative activity, models of SI process, skills acquired and their development, and strategies employed to cope with constraints in SI. Students are required to read articles on SI from various perspectives and disciplines and to make presentations based upon their understanding of the theories. Its major aims are to enhance the students' awareness of the common problems in the process, understand how to achieve stage-like qualitative progress in skill development, strengthen their analytical and problem-solving abilities, and acquire relevant strategies.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Reflective journal writings | 60% | Yes | Week 5, Week 9 and Week 12 |
Presentation | 30% | Yes | On a weekly basis |
Group discussion | 10% | No | On a weekly basis |
Due: Week 5, Week 9 and Week 12
Weighting: 60%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
For a reflective journal, what you need to do is, first of all, identify what specific challenges you have. Once you have identified several, select one that you think is the most untenable and state why it is most difficult one to you against what you have studied, what might be the consequences if you fail to address it in time and, more importantly, how you are going to do tackle it and why. Once you have found a or a set of solutions to the problem you need to implement it or them, and at the same time you have to find another one you are going to deal with, which leads to the next reflective journal. We have to repeat this
1.problem sensed
2.problem read
3.problem matched
4.solution(s) found
5.solution(s) implemented
Assessment criteria:
1.Well-written and easily understood (20%)
2.Problem or problems are well-discussed (20%)
3.A proposed solution or a set of solutions found is supported by the literature and would contribute to solving the problem (20%)
4.Clear and cohesive academic writing style (20%)
5.The essay is well-structured (20%)
Due: On a weekly basis
Weighting: 30%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Each student will participate in presentation either individually or by group on a scholarly article or book chapter that is relevant to SI skill development. During presentation students may use power point slides, and other students may ask questions at the end of your presentation. You should cover the following elements in your presentation:
Assessment criteria:
In addition to the same criteria, your reflective journal essay or essays will be assessed against the following criteria:
Due: On a weekly basis
Weighting: 10%
Students are required to participate in group discussion, and air their views on approaches and strategies introduced by the articles in their reading list. Further, they are expected to discuss the issues presented in each of the oral presentations.
Materials used for this unit are largely selected from the Internet in general and YouTube and EU Speech Repository in particular. The learning and teaching strategies used are mainly through face to face interaction between lecturers and students. Additionally, students will be also encouraged to leverage iLearn for communication and participate in group discussion, peer evaluation and group research project for interpreting assignments.
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html
Disruption to Studies Policy (in effect until Dec 4th, 2017): http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html
Special Consideration Policy (in effect from Dec 4th, 2017): https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
Results shown in iLearn, or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au.
Macquarie University provides a range of support services for students. For details, visit http://students.mq.edu.au/support/
Learning Skills (mq.edu.au/learningskills) provides academic writing resources and study strategies to improve your marks and take control of your study.
Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.
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