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This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge of interpreting and the basic skills required, combining three introductory lectures and nine workshops. The lectures introduce students to various interpretation settings, interpretation assessment criteria, interpreters’ code of ethics and discuss potential dilemmas and challenges in real-time interlingual communication. The lectures also inform students of the trends in interpreting studies. The workshops conducted in small groups allow students to have hands-on practice in interpreting in different modes and on a variety of topics. Students also learn to take notes for consecutive interpreting and acquire crisis management skills for different interpreting settings.

Assessment: 100% coursework