Consecutive interpreting practice English > French

lintp2420  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Consecutive interpreting practice English > French
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
0 h + 45.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Biondi Tania (coordinator); SOMEBODY;
Language
French
Prerequisites
Have completed the 'Consecutive Interpreting' course (LINTP2320) 
Main themes
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Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 Contribution of teaching unit  to learning outcomes assigned to programme 
With regard to the learning outcomes assigned to the Master's programme in Interpreting, this teaching unit contributes to the development and acquisition of the following goals: 1.1, 1.4, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 7.4
On completion of this course the student will be able to:
-              Express fluently in French the message originally delivered in Language C respecting the speaker's drift and purpose; 
-              Use French accurately;
-              Rigorously and efficiently employ knowledge and know-how in the practice of consecutive interpreting; 
-              Demonstrate that he or she possesses broad general knowledge  and is keen to develop further in this domain; 
-              Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of English culture;
-              Adapt presentation (form and content) to the target audience respecting the speaker's purpose;
-              Independently implement the measures necessary to improve interpreting skills in pursuit of continuing professional development;
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
This Consecutive Interpreting Practise is a follow-up to the previous 1Q Consecutive Interpretive Course.
Basically this Unit carries over the same objectives : in-depth understanding and analysis of a speech in English , improving note-taking skills, the faithfull rendition of the speakers train of thoughts, a fair knowledge of the English world stakes and its cultural pecularities, the accuracy and fluencey of the target language (hence French), quality communicative skills.
The speeches in English address  subject-matters linked to society and on-going news in English-speaking countries, with increasing length and density as compared to the first term/quadrimester.
Teaching methods
Class-room activities.
The students performance is subject to the teacher and class-mates appraisal. Avenues for improvement  are put forward.
Evaluation methods
On-going appraisal and final assessment
Other information
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Online resources
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Bibliography
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Faculty or entity
LSTI


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Interpreting