INTERPRETATION 3
Course Title
Course Code
Credit
Coordinator
Program Level
Applicable for Translation & Interpretation Program
Requirement in Translation & Interpretation Program
Semester in Translation & Interpretation Program
Overview
After Interpretation 1 and 2, Interpretation 3 continues developing students’ English-Vietnamese, Vietnamese-English interpretation skills at a more intensive level. On the development trend of society, the course focuses on fostering students’ background knowledge, cultural knowledge, English-Vietnamese, Vietnamese-English language skills regarding science and technology. By participating in classroom activities, students practice interpretation skills via clips and videos selected from diverse and authentic science and technology sources.
Objectives
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Goals |
Goal Description |
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G1 |
Background knowledge of science and technology |
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G2 |
Ability to interpret English-Vietnamese and Vietnamese-English |
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G3 |
Interpersonal and teamwork skills in interpretation |
Learning Outcomes
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Learning Outcomes |
Description |
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G1 |
Present knowledge of necessary sentence structures to interpret English-Vietnamese and Vietnamese-English Present knowledge of necessary vocabulary in the field of science and technology to interpret English-Vietnamese and Vietnamese-English |
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G2 |
Demonstrate the ability to identify keywords in interpreting English-Vietnamese and Vietnamese-English Apply note-taking ability in interpreting English-Vietnamese and Vietnamese-English Apply idea arrangement ability in interpreting English-Vietnamese and Vietnamese-English |
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G3 |
Work in groups in order to discuss and solve problems related to the interpretation |
Materials
Main textbook: Tasks on sentence and paragraph interpretation provided by the teacher and updated with the new trends and Internet sources with appropriate structures as well as difficulty level. Two main sources are as follows:
BBC. (n.d). BBC News –Technology. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology/
CNN. (n.d). CNN – Technology. Retrieved from
Reference materials
- TED. (n.d). TED-Technology. Retrieved from
TED-Ideas Worth Spreading: http://www.ted.com/topics/technology
Assessment
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Assignment |
Percentage |
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In-class activities |
10% |
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Groupwork |
15% |
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Two consecutive interpretations (Midterm) |
25% |
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One consecutive interpretation (Final) |
30% |
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Final test |
20% |
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