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Self-Study in Interpreter Training. A Few Methodological Guidelines
Self-Study in Interpreter Training. A Few Methodological Guidelines

Author(s): Bogdan Aldea
Subject(s): Higher Education , Translation Studies
Published by: Risoprint
Keywords: conference interpreting; interpreter training; self-study; deliberate practice; interpreting curriculum;

Summary/Abstract: Given the complexity of the skills that interpreting trainees need to develop, and the limited number of classes featured in the training curricula, the organization of independent practice sessions has become mandatory. The present paper focuses on the preparations required for such sessions, from the role of classroom theory to the setting of precise objectives and to the production of relevant feedback.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 95-101
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English