Course Title: Negotiate translating and interpreting assignments
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5291 Diploma of Interpreting
Course Title: Negotiate translating and interpreting assignments
Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office
Nominal Hours: 25
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.Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
LANG5760C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
365T Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet |
Term2 2011, Term1 2012, Term2 2012, Term1 2013, Term2 2013 |
Course Contact: Atsuko Taniguchi
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 3973
Course Contact Email: atsuko.taniguchi@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This unit covers skills and knowledge required to negotiate and make informed decisions when accepting or declining a translation or an interpreting assignment in terms of terms and conditions, personal competence, level of preparedness, liability issues and recording keeping.
This unit will be taught in a cluster with the following units:
PSPTIS504A Maintain and enhance professional practice
PSPTIS502A Prepare to translate and interpret
PSPTIS503A Apply codes and standards to ethical practice
PSPTIS507A Manage discourse in general settings
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None.
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
PSPTIS501A Negotiate translating and interpreting assignments |
Elements: |
1. Collect and assess assignment information. 2. Assess ability to complete assignment.
3. Respond to assignment proposal.
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Learning Outcomes
Overview of Assessment
Assessment will be ongoing during the semester, and you will receive feedback on your progress. You will undertake a variety of assessment tasks and activities to assess your level of competence against key elements and performance criteria.
Assessment tasks my include, but not limited to, the following:
- teacher directed group activities
- practical exercises
- group discussions
- evidence of correspondence where assignments, conditions were clarified, negotiated
- practical demonstration of understanding of contractual documentation from the industry