Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Lan Zhang
Contact via lan.zhang@mq.edu.au
343 Building 25WWB
By email appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
CHN386 or CHIN2086
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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 for interpreting training between Mandarin Chinese and English at an advanced level. Students will learn how to apply the AUSIT (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators) Code of Ethics in different scenarios, such as community interpreting practice. Students will also enhance their understanding of interpreting theories and skills and be able to conduct Chinese-English dialogue interpreting and sight translation. Their inter-lingual communication skills will be further developed which will contribute to their future learning and work. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Late Assessment Submission Penalty
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.
This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Practice tasks in class | 20% | No | on going |
Interpreting and speaking demonstration | 35% | No | 13;00-15:00 Week 13 individual times will vary |
Speech and interpreting project | 30% | No | 13;00-15:00 Week 8 and Week 9 individual times will vary |
Reflective journal | 10% | No | 07:00 03/11/2022 Week 13 |
In class discussion | 5% | No | on going |
Assessment Type 1: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: on going
Weighting: 20%
Students are to practice at home and take practice based tasks in class.
Assessment Type 1: Demonstration
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: 13;00-15:00 Week 13 individual times will vary
Weighting: 35%
Students are to do a dialogue interpreting, a sight translation and answer an ethics question orally in class.
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 5 hours
Due: 13;00-15:00 Week 8 and Week 9 individual times will vary
Weighting: 30%
Students are to deliver a speech and interpret a speech delivered by a peer student in class.
Assessment Type 1: Reflective Writing
Indicative Time on Task 2: 7 hours
Due: 07:00 03/11/2022 Week 13
Weighting: 10%
Students are to take notes for and reflect on their interpreting practice and submit a reflective journal.
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 26 hours
Due: on going
Weighting: 5%
Students are to read and watch provided materials in iLearn and join the in class discussion, as well as provide comments on peer students’ practice.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
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:
Day, Internal,
Class work: one 2-hour seminar per week
Times and Locations for seminars: Please consult the MQ Timetables Website: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au
This unit will use:
iLearn
Online Unit
Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/
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Technology
Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.
For students attending classes on campus we strongly encourage that you bring along your own laptop computer, ready to work with activities in your online unit. The preferred operating system is Windows 10.
Students are required to access the online unit in iLearn by the end of Week 1 and follow any relevant instructions and links for downloads that may be required. If applicable, students are required to download the relevant language package prior to Week 2.
Please contact your course convenor before the end of Week 1 if you do not have a suitable laptop (or tablet) for in-class use.
Recommended:
We also expect you to develop good dictionary skills using websites like dictionary.com, dict.cn, Google Translate and similar machine translation tools are not adequate dictionaries for translation as they omit context, don't give functional examples of language in use, and often provide the wrong word if the student doesn't know what they are looking for (e.g. nouns instead of verbs).
For students who do not have a sound foundation of basic grammatical knowledge we recommend, in addition to consulting MQ Learning Skills Advisers or completing MQ grammar workshops, the following text:
Swan, M, 2005. Practical English Usage, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Here are also recommended readings if you wish to know more about interpreting theories:
Zhong, Weihe, 2006. A Coursebook of Interpreting Between English and Chinese. Higher Education Press, Beijing
Paltridge, B., 2006. Discourse Analysis: An Introduction. Continuum, London.
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Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/admin/other-resources/student-conduct
Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) 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 or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au
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Unit information based on version 2022.02 of the Handbook