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- Proficiency in Language A (mother tongue or acquired target language: French);
Good comprehension (level C2) of Language C (English)
Social issues and current affairs
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, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 7.4
On completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Capture the essence of a talk delivered in Language C and render the message in a coherent and structured manner in Language A ;
- Use Language A accurately;
- Employ analytical methods to distinguish essential from non-essential content in an oral presentation;
- Develop the ability to find the degree of detachment that makes possible an in-depth analysis of an oral presentation;
- Detect socio-cultural references present in the talk
- Independently assimilate new know-how (note-taking technique);
- Implement, in an independent manner, skills-development strategies with a view to fostering 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”.
On-going appraisal and final assessment
Class-room activities
This teaching unit aims at enabling the student to use, train and improve the note-taking skills through practical exercices appraised by the teacher during the classroom activity.
Special attention is given to the following objetives : enabling the student to develop analytical method to capture the depth of the speech so as to grasp its structure & linking words , to distinguish essential from non-essential content, to reproduce the speech as fully understood in a consistent and structured delivery in a perfect French that will be accurate and fluent, as well as suitable with the English register used by the speaker
Based on the teaching unit on Founding Principles, this Unit aims at giving the first run of the ladder on consecutive interpretation from English into French. The student will be given advice on how to develop and master an efficient though personnal system for note-taking dedicated to consecutive between English and French. He/She will get acquainted to consecutive and practise in the classroom activities with speeches on diverse societal issues and issues of topicality of increasing lengths and difficulties. The exercices will enable the student to improve his/her understanding of spoken English at enhanced pace and register and address subject-matters linked to the society and the on-going news in English-speaking countries.
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