Interpreting workshop 1 (liaison) 15-WTU1TL-TLU-11

Listening to someone speak, understanding, memorising and subsequently interpreting the text without any notes may seem like a demanding task - and it is. Liaison is a skill, requiring not only high language proficiency, but also quick reflexes, a sense of humour, flexibility, a well-trained memory and quick recovery after mistakes. The ability to interpret brief speech fragments, such as dialogues, negotiations and presentations is invaluable to any contemporary English language professional.

This course will focus on developing your skills as a language professional - both related to language itself (vocabulary, collocations, pronunciation, grammar etc.) but also more general work competencies, such as voice management, monitoring your own progress, and memory.

The topics covered during the semester range from specialised technical matters to casual converastions, but one thing stays constant: the requirement for good quality performance. During this course we are going to focus on the improvement of your liaison interpreting skills in order prepare you to enter a very competitive job market.

Module learning aims

C1 Learning the basics of liaison interpreting C2 Developing the skills necessary for understanding and critical analysis of spoken text C3 Learning how to give assess the faithfulness of liaison interpreting and give feedback C4 Learning how to give assess the grammatical correctness of liaison interpreting in Polish and give feedback C5 Developing good presentation skills C6 Developing good group work skills

Information on where to find course materials

Course materials can be found on Moodle and in the Faculty Library

Major

English philology

Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement

Conducting and interpreting short presentations, pair work and group work, participation in discussions and debates, practicing the analysis of linguistic examples

Student workload (ECTS credits)

2 ECTS 30 h classes 30 h students' individual work

Cycle of studies

1st cycle

Module type

compulsory

Year of studies (where relevant)

Year 3

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences

Advanced knowledge fo Polish and English, basic familiarity with interpreting techniques

Course coordinators

Term 2018/SZ:

Magdalena Perdek

Term 2020/SZ:

Magdalena Perdek
Natalia Surma-Filipowska

Assessment criteria

Assessment methods:
(P): Tests, (F): graded presentations, graded interpreting, paricipation in class, preparation for class, debates, discussions

Assessment criteria:

5.0 – excellent knowledge, skills and competencies in the subject

4.5 – very good knowledge, skills and competencies in the subject

4.0 – good knowledge, skills and competencies in the subject

3.5 – sufficient knowledge, skills and competencies in the subject, but with significant gaps

3.0 – sufficient knowledge, skills and competencies in the subject, but with multiple gaps and mistakes

2.0 – insufficient knowledge, skills and competencies in the subject

Bibliography

Korzeniowska, A., P. Kuhiwczak. 1994. Successful Polish-English translation. Tricks of the trade. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

Lipiński, K. 2000. Vademecum tłumacza. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Idea.

Mackpherson, R. 1996. English for writers and translators. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

Jones, R. 1998. Conference interpreting explained. Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing.

Guławska, M. 2006. Stylistyka i kultura języka polskiego dla tłumaczy. Neofilolog, 26, 70–77.

Chmiel, A. I Jankowski (red.), P. 2015. Dydaktyka tłumaczenia ustnego. Katowice: Stowarzyszenie Inicjatyw Wydawniczych.

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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