Unit Guide

General Information

Unit convenor and teaching staff	Unit convenor and teaching staff Lan Zhang lan.zhang@mq.edu.au Contact via email B343, 25B Wally's Walk By email appointment
Credit points	Credit points 10
Prerequisites	Prerequisites CHIN2052 or CHN252 or CHIN2053 or CHN253
Corequisites	Corequisites
Co-badged status	Co-badged status
Unit description	Unit description This unit is an introductory unit for interpreting between Mandarin Chinese and English. Students who enjoy both Chinese and English language proficiency will understand that to be a trained interpreter needs more than the fluency in both languages. They will learn how professional interpreters work in different scenarios, such as community interpreting practice. They will also pick up the key interpreting theories and skills and be able to conduct short Chinese-English dialogue interpreting and develop general inter-lingual communication skills that contributes to their future learning and work.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

ULO1: Apply inter-lingual communication skills.
ULO2: Conduct short Chinese English dialogue interpreting in community
ULO3: Identify and discuss the fundamental interpreting theories
ULO4: Apply analytical skills in communication
ULO5: Reflect on interpreting practice with reference to relevant interpreting theories

General Assessment Information

Please note that the University and the Faculty of Arts have launched a new assessment policy effective as of 1 July 2021. This new policy particularly affects LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENTS.

The Faculty policy in relation to late assessment submissions is as follows:

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – 10 marks out of 100 credit will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted seven days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests, etc.

To be very clear:

· Unless you have applied for special consideration and had your application approved, for each day your assignment is late, 10 marks will be deducted. For example, if you submit your assignment 7 days late, 70 marks will be deducted, which means you will fail that assignment.

· If your assignment is more than 7 days late (including weekends), you will get 0 marks for your assignment.

These are serious penalties that will substantially alter your final grade and even determine whether you pass or fail this unit. Please make every effort to submit your assignment by the due date.

If you find you cannot submit your assignment on time, please apply for Special Consideration through AskMQ. Make sure you read Macquarie University's policy regarding Special Consideration requests before you apply: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/special-consideration

Assessment Tasks

Name	Weighting	Hurdle	Due
Discussion	5%	No	on going
Practice Tasks	20%	No	on going
Speech and Interpreting Project	30%	No	13:00 26/04/2022; 13:00 03/05/2022
Reflective Journal	10%	No	07:00 31/05/2022
Interpreting and Speaking Demonstration	35%	No	13:00 24/05/2022; 13:00 31/05/2022

Discussion

Assessment Type ¹: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task ²: 0 hours
Due: on going
Weighting: 5%

Students are to read and watch provided materials in iLearn and participate in discussions, as well as provide comments on peer students’ practice.