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TRAN8082 – Interpreting Practice 3
2020 – Session 2, Special circumstance
Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
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General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Jinhyun Cho
Margaret Wood
Lecturer
Shiyi Ye
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|---|---|
| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
TRAN822 or TRAN8022
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
The aim of this unit is to provide students with opportunities to practice interpreting skills in linguistically sophisticated and potentially challenging arenas at the highest level of interpreting studies. This unit consists of practical as well as research components. It provides students with opportunities to practice interpreting in a wide range of topic areas in the form of longer consecutive as well as simultaneous interpreting. Also included in the unit is research component, in which students are expected to apply theoretical knowledge to the critical analysis of their interpreting skills and decisions, while defining appropriate interpreting strategies. Through generic lectures and language-specific tutorials, students are required to achieve advanced interpreting skills, develop research techniques and communicate in critical and reflexive ways. |
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: Demonstrate ability to transfer longer messages accurately between A and B languages.
- ULO2: Consolidate essential advanced interpreting techniques and skills.
- ULO3: Apply discourse analysis for the purpose of interpreting.
- ULO4: Use interpreting skills in more formal contexts.
- ULO5: Apply advanced research techniques to enhance domain-specific knowledge.
- ULO6: Display management of technology required for interpreting in formal situations.
- ULO7: Demonstrate reflective and critical practice to become life-long learners.
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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| Final exam | 50% | No | Week 15 |
| Reflective essay | 20% | No | Week 8 |
| Consecutive interpreting assessment | 30% | No | Week 7 |
Final exam
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 1 hours
Due: Week 15
Weighting: 50%
Students are required to sight-translate two four-minute-long passages in both directions between English and LOTE. Students are also required to interpret two six-minute passages in both directions in a simultaneous mode. They should perform simultaneous interpreting of the first three minutes with a text and the last three minutes without a text.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate ability to transfer longer messages accurately between A and B languages.
- Consolidate essential advanced interpreting techniques and skills.
- Apply discourse analysis for the purpose of interpreting.
- Use interpreting skills in more formal contexts.
- Display management of technology required for interpreting in formal situations.
Reflective essay
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 12 hours
Due: Week 8
Weighting: 20%
Following the consecutive interpreting assessment, students are required to critically evaluate audio-recorded interpreting performance through which to identify areas of strengths and weaknesses. Based on self-analysis of interpreting skills, students should write a reflective essay (e.g. 1,200-1,500).
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Consolidate essential advanced interpreting techniques and skills.
- Apply discourse analysis for the purpose of interpreting.
- Apply advanced research techniques to enhance domain-specific knowledge.
- Demonstrate reflective and critical practice to become life-long learners.
Consecutive interpreting assessment
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 1 hours
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 30%
Students are required to interpret two three-minute long passages in both directions between English and LOTE (languages other than English) in a consecutive mode. Based on a pre-given exam topic, students should demonstrate research skills and critical practice.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate ability to transfer longer messages accurately between A and B languages.
- Consolidate essential advanced interpreting techniques and skills.
- Use interpreting skills in more formal contexts.
- Apply advanced research techniques to enhance domain-specific knowledge.
- Display management of technology required for interpreting in formal situations.
- Demonstrate reflective and critical practice to become life-long learners.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
- the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
- the Writing Centre for academic skills support.
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Delivery and Resources
Under COVID-19, TRAN8082 will be offered both online and offline. The mode of delivery depends on the location of students enrolled in respective language streams. As most Korean students are currently based in Korea, the Korean class will be taught online via Zoom. The Chinese and Japanese streams will attend on-campus tutorials, because most students are based in Sydney. All lectures will be made available via recording for external students.
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