All due dates and descriptions noted below are tentative and will be confirmed by the unit convenor at a later date. Please check the iLearn site for detailed information on assessment tasks.

Teaching and Learning Strategies The unit is delivered via weekly online course notes, reading tasks and discussion forums, as well as online teaching workshops (see unit schedule for dates). The teaching sessions will focus on: interpreter role and ethics, linguistic issues, language development for deaf students, and simultaneous interpreting techniques for educational settings. There are three teaching workshop sessions in total for this semester. There are two online workshop sessions scheduled on selected Saturdays – see unit schedule. There will also be a three-day, on-campus teaching block – see unit schedule for dates. All workshop sessions will be conducted online using a combination of lectures and discussions via Zoom and iLearn. The unit assessment tasks (detailed in Section 3) are the other key element of the teaching and learning program.

TRAN8087 Web page – iLearn To login to the website, go to https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/. You will have access to the TRAN8087 website from 15 February 2024. You’ll find it has a range of resources for the unit (links, discussion forums, postings and so on). In Week 1, please post information about yourself via a discussion forum. If you have any difficulty with iLearn in the first week, please email Maree Madden or Della Goswell as soon as possible. Unit video clips via Echo – video clips are provided to students during semester via Echo in iLearn (for ELAN analysis). NB

Non-student videos are copyrighted and must not be copied, loaned, shown in public or used for any other purposes without written permission from the course convenor. Please respect the participants who were filmed for MQ educational purposes only, and the university’s work in providing these for your analysis.

Please check the iLearn site.

Social inclusion at Macquarie University is about giving everyone who has the potential to benefit from higher education the opportunity to study at university, participate in campus life and flourish in their chosen field. The University has made significant moves to promote an equitable, diverse and exciting campus community for the benefit of staff and students. It is your responsibility to contribute towards the development of an inclusive culture and practice in the areas of learning and teaching, research, and service orientation and delivery. As a member of the Macquarie University community, you must not discriminate against or harass others based on their sex, gender, race, marital status, carers' responsibilities, disability, sexual orientation, age, political conviction or religious belief. All staff and students are expected to display appropriate behaviour that is conducive to a healthy learning environment for everyone.

In the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, 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 team-based 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.