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The course aims at helping students majoring in Technical Translation & Interpretation to practice text translation, Vietnamese to English and vice versa. Through the course, learners are able to improve their text analysis capacity, consolidate and sharpen their English grammar and vocabulary, significantly apply/ practically use and develop their knowledge of wide ranges of technical translation fields such as Environment Technology, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Regarding course accomplishment, learners are well-equipped with translation’s radical issues, have ability to translate texts of various technical fields, effectively exploit dictionaries, and express enthusiasm for Translation art.

Listening-Speaking 5 is designed for English majored students at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, who are in the first semester of their third year, to achieve the upper-intermediate to advanced level of English listening and speaking skills, or level B2+ in the CEFR accordingly.

Translation 2 Module is designed for third-year students. This course enables students to analyze, choose relevant translation methods, practice translating long texts of different types, discover and find ways to solve the difficulties that arise in the translation process. In addition, learners are provided with methods to exploit open-source resources and self-study methods to do group exercises and to translate for personal interests.

The module draws students closer to the real-world work environment in the future because this module gives learners access to documents of various functions that often appear in everyday life and academic life which require translation: advertising, regulations, product manuals, and professional articles.

The course is designed for junior students to introduce an overview of interpretation and consecutive interpreting, in particular, prominent theories and types of interpretation, especially emphasizing the code of ethics necessary for interpreters. In addition to theoretical knowledge, students will focus on practising the basic interpretation skills such as memorizing, taking notes, summarizing, etc. while interpreting sentences or short paragraphs (English and Vietnamese) with durations from 30 seconds to 01 minute on popular topics (education, culture, economy, society, science, etc.).