Course Title: Contextual Studies for Interpreters (English and LOTE)
Part A: Course Overview
Course ID: 031745
Program: C5116
Course Title: Contextual Studies for Interpreters (English and LOTE)
Portfolio: DSC
Nominal Hours: 40.0
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.Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
LANG5274L |
City Campus |
TAFE |
365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng |
Face-to-Face |
Term1 2007 |
Course Contact: Sedat Mulayim
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9920
Course Contact Email: sedat.mulayim@rmit.edu.au
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.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Successful completion of a bilingual intake test.
National Competency Codes and Titles
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 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%)