Course Title: Contextual Studies for Interpreters (English and LOTE)
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2007
Course Code: LANG5274L
Course ID: 031745
Course Title: Contextual Studies for Interpreters (English and LOTE)
School: 365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng
Program Code: C5116 - Diploma of Interpreting (lote/english)
Course Contact : Sedat Mulayim
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9920
Course Contact Email: sedat.mulayim@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 40
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Successful completion of a bilingual intake test.
Course Description
This course introduces students to cultural, societal, professional and institutional contexts relevant to carrying out paraprofessional interpreting practice in their pair of languages to enable them to comprehend messages in oral interpreting discourse, make appropriate linguistic (lexis, grammar, collection, register) choices, and to achieve accurate and impartial transfer of meaning across their pair of languages.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
00273 Contextual Studies for Interpreters (English and LOTE) |
Learning Outcomes
Students are required to develop the following competencies:
1. Prepare effectively for interpreting dialogues.
2. Educate participants to effectively work with an interpreter.
3. Solve problems arising from cultural/societal differences.
4. Solve problems arising from the institutional imperatives under which the professional client may be operating.
5. Employ effective self-directed learning strategies to continuously upgrade knowledge and skills.
Overview of Learning Activities
Details of Learning Activities
Teaching methods include lectures, tutorials, group work and workshops.
Planned learning experiences include:
1. Introductions by the teachers, running parallel in English and the LOTE, of the basic cultural and societal characteristics of Australia and the LOTE country.
2. Self-directed research individually, in pairs or in groups, using specified contextual parameters provided by the teacher, in one domain relevant to paraprofessional interpreting practice in English, and in another domain in the LOTE.
3. Workshops and class discussions using the findings of the research outlined in 2 (above), with the specific aim of comparing/contrasting aspects of the Australian and LOTE cultures relevant to paraprofessional interpreting practice.
4. Lectures/presentations by guest lecturers as determined by the teacher and who may have particular expertise in aspects of Australian or LOTE country culture and society, particularly relevant to paraprofessional interpreting practice.
Teaching Schedule
Students will be provided with a program calendar outlining a series of weekly themes/topics that form a foundation for study and practice.
The calendar will also indicate timing of each assessment activity.
WEEK 1 Orientation Unit
WEEK 2 Education
WEEK 3 Education
WEEK 4 Health
WEEK 5 Health
WEEK 6 Human Services
WEEK 7 Human Services
WEEK 8 Banking
WEEK 9 Business
WEEK 10 Business
WEEK 11 Immigration
WEEK 12 Immigration
WEEK 13 Tourism
WEEK 14 Tourism
WEEK 15 Legal
WEEK 16 Review
WEEK 17 Review
WEEK 18 Exam Period
Learning Outcome 1 scheduled for between Weeks 6 -10
Learning Outcome 2 scheduled for Weeks 13 - 14 or as directed by the teacher
Overview of Learning Resources
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
To be advised by the teacher.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment Tasks
Learning Outcome 1
(To be done in pairs or groups)
A "kit" and a report produced in english on a domain relevant to paraprofessional interpreting practice. (50%)
Learning Outcome 2
Individual Work
A presentation on topics appropriate to each LOTE. (50%)
Assessment Tasks
Learning Outcome 1
To be based on a Planned Learning Activity
(To be done in pairs or groups)
A "kit" and a report produced in english on a domain relevant to paraprofessional interpreting practice. (50%)
Learning Outcome 2
Individual Work
A presentation on topics appropriate to the LOTE. (50%)
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