Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Jan-Louis Kruger
Jing Fang
Della Goswell
Jinhyun Cho
Sophia Ra
Alice Wu
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
TRAN908 or TRAN8908 or APPL902 or APPL8020
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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 will focus on individual research projects in translation and interpreting in order to enhance students' research capability. Students will be required to identify research problems based on personal learning reflections in areas such as skill development specific to translation and interpreting, data gathering and data analysis. Students will then be guided by individual supervisors to explore the identified research questions. Research supervisors will solidly guide students in terms of research design, data gathering and research implementation. Based on critical readings, classroom and/or online discussions, and feedback from supervisors, students will have an opportunity to further sophisticate techniques and methods of doing research by pursuing an area of research that is close to their own. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Literature review | 40% | No | Week 7 |
Research report | 60% | No | Week 14 |
Assessment Type 1: Literature review
Indicative Time on Task 2: 35 hours
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 40%
This assignment requires students to review and extend the literature review that they completed for their final assessment in APPL902. Drawing on the tutor feedback provided in APPL902, the revised literature review (approximately 3,000 words) will be prepared as the final version to be presented in the research project report (Assignment 2). In addition, an annotated bibliography, general and specific, of ten new references that are directly relevant to their research project must be included.
Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 55 hours
Due: Week 14
Weighting: 60%
The final assessment task should report the details of individual independent research projects in approximately 5,000 words. It should include introduction, literature review, methodology, results and discussion, and conclusion.
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2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
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In the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, and in the Department of Linguistics, professionalism is a key capability embedded in all our courses. As part of developing professionalism, students enrolled in the Translation and Interpreting program are expected to attend all small group interactive sessions including tutorials, workshops, practical and teambased learning activities. Some learning activities are recorded (e.g., face-to-face lectures), however you are encouraged to avoid relying upon such material as they do not recreate the whole learning experience and technical issues can and do occur. As an adult learner, we respect your decision to choose how you engage with your learning, but we would remind you that the learning opportunities we create for you have been done so to enable your success, and that by not engaging you may impact your ability to successfully complete this unit. We equally expect that you show respect for the academic staff who have worked hard to develop meaningful activities and prioritise your learning by communicating with them in advance if you are unable to attend a small group interactive session. Another dimension of professionalism is having respect for your peers. It is the right of every student to learn in an environment that is free of disruption and distraction. Please arrive to all learning activities on time, and if you are unavoidably detained, please join activity as quietly as possible to minimise disruption. Phones and other electronic devices that produce noise and other distractions must be turned off prior to entering class. Where your own device (e.g., laptop) is being used for class-related activities, you are asked to close down all other applications to avoid distraction to you and others. Please treat your fellow students with the utmost respect. If you are uncomfortable participating in any specific activity, please let the relevant academic know.
Unit information based on version 2023.02 of the Handbook