Sign language: Interpreting

bmhls1353  2024-2025  Bruxelles Saint-Louis

Sign language: Interpreting
5.00 credits
45.0 h
Q2
Language
French
Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Learning outcomes

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

  • Develop a general knowledge and maintain a spirit of curiosity in order to constantly expand it
  • Analyse the context of an interpreting situation and be able to adapt to it
  • Understand information given in LSFB and in French by using his/her linguistic knowledge
  • reformulate this information while respecting the structure and intention of the author and the target audience
 
Content
for both subjects :
• Introduction to preparation work for an interpretation mission
consecutive interpretation specific to a visual language by a method gradually allowing students to:
• Understand a spoken text globally
• Elucidate its architecture
• Highlight the logical connectors of the discourse
• Determine the underlying sociocultural components
• Represent short presentations without taking notes
 Interpretation
• Management of bilingual communication with biactive interpretation
Teaching methods
Progressive method to develop fine understanding of pragmatic texts, reformulation, concentration and energy management.
Practical work, scenarios, role-playing
Evaluation methods
To obtain UE credits, the student must have completed both parts of the UE exam and completed the work required during the four-month period.
Certification assessment in the form of an oral examination (two-part):
- Consecutive interpretation (70%)
- Liaison Interpretation (30%)
Attendance is mandatory and the unjustified absence to more than 3 sessions or failure to deliver the work imposed within the prescribed time limits will be penalized by a refusal of registration for the exam.
If you fail the UE, you are invited to consult the detailed notes on the MOODLE page of the course. A score of 10/20 or higher for one part of the course will automatically be carried over to the second session and therefore cannot be represented again if all parts have been presented. In the event of absence or attendance at one of the parties, there will be no note deferral.
Other information
Documents and instructions on Moodle and/or Teams
Bibliography
Alexandre Bernard,Florence Encrevé, Francis Jeggli. L'interprétation en langue des signes, PUF, 2007.
Jemina Napier, Rachel McKee, Della Goswell. Sign language Interpreting, theory & practice in Australia &New Zealand, The Federation Press, 2010
Anna Mindess. Reading Between the sign, intercultural communication for sign language interpreters, Intercultural Press, 1999.
Fabrice Bertin. Les Sourds, une minorité invisible, Editions Autrement - Collection Mutation - n° 260, 2010
Faculty or entity


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

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Bachelor in Translation and Interpreting