You are required to submit a 1000 word reflective journal in English on iLearn. This task aims to learn how to justify your interpreting decisions. The journals should contain problems identified, possible solutions and the decision in selecting the best solution. You are allowed to quote the issues emerge from your presentations and in-class interpreting practice. However, journals are written assignments, your language skills will be taken into account when marking this task.

 In preparing to your journals, you may wish to consider the following questions:

1)      What are the functions of the interpreting tasks?

2)      What difficulties do you have in your interpreting practice?

      3)      What difficulties do you have in finding equivalent expressions in Chinese or English?

      4)    What makes a good interpretation?

      5)    What can you prepare for interpreting?

These assignments should be your own original work.  Plagiarism is not acceptable (For further information and advice, see www.student.mq.edu.au/plagiarism).

Between week 7 and week 9, there will be a presentation including 2 tasks. You are to deliver a 3-5 minute speech in English on a given topic (15%), and one of your classmates will interpret it into Chinese. You also need to interpret one of the speeches delivered by your classmates (15%). The speech topic will be given in week 3 and the interpreter will be chosen randomly on the day of the presentation. The main criteria of this assessment will address your ability to communicate effectively with your audience. A sense of energy and spontaneity will be expected and you should be very careful to avoid a style that is overly memorized.

Indicative examples of assessment tasks will be available on iLearn or in class.

Class participation is required.  Participation will be marked on in-class activities, your willingness to participate in class discussion, preparation and performance of reading and responding to questions. Students are expected to be well prepared in order to participate in class discussion – this will ensure good use of class time as well as improving your learning skills and sharing your knowledge with others.Class participation is expected and will be part of the assessment. This means you not only come and sign in the class but come well prepared and participate in class discussion and other activities. You need to reflect on your interpreting practice and think about the  issues you have encountered and share your thought with others.Your marks for class participation will be determined by

a)    Whether you attend class regularly or not;

b)    How much effort you have taken to prepare for the class;

c)    How actively you participate in class discussion and other activities;

d)    How helpful your comments are on the work of our fellow students; and

e)    The quality of your in-class interpreting practice (including accuracy, fluency, structure, pronunciation, grammar etc.).

Description of the behaviours evaluated for high-level student participation: 

• independent engagement with online communicative activities, including discussion forum, zoom, voice thread etc, reading game/ revision/ vocab acquisition
• spontaneous contributions to discussion, expression of opinions
• evidence of preparation for class through contributing specific examples demonstrating understanding of textbook/readings/home study
• constructive collaboration with and feedback to peers
• consistent target language use
• attentive note-taking
• structured engagement with content including evidence of revision/ organisation of notes/continuous self-directed learning
• promotion of a positive learning environment, including: 
  • mobile device etiquette ( targeted and appropriate use for learning purposes as instructed by staff)
  •  respectful treatment of peers / instructor e.g. not listening while peers are learning/ engaging with instructor
  •  appropriate class behaviour to foster student learning, avoiding: tardiness; leaving class without being excused; erratic attendance disrupting the formation of a classroom community.

There will be a final test for this unit in week 12 and week13. The test weighs 40% of your final mark of this unit. In the final test, you are to:

1) interpret a dialogue between an English speaker and a Chinese (15%).

2) answer an ethic question in English (10%)

3) Sight translate a 200 word English text into Chinese after 3 minutes preparation. (15%).

Indicative examples of assessment tasks will be available on iLearn or in class.