Introduction to consecutive interpreting with retour: French > German

lintp2501  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Introduction to consecutive interpreting with retour: French > German
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.
3 credits
15.0 h + 15.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Bärenwald Dirk;
Language
French
Prerequisites
Level C2 German.
Main themes
General social and current affairs issues.
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: 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4
On completion of this course the student will be able to:
-              Deliver correctly in German the message first expressed in French;
-              Refresh his or her knowledge of German;
-              Master and employ appropriate analytical methods and demonstrate the ability to digest information by separating the essential from the non-essential and giving due respect to nuance; 
-              Practise the level of detachment that makes possible an in-depth analysis of the talk; 
-              Communicate in such a way as to generate an atmosphere of confidence with his or her audience; 
-              Demonstrate flexibility and mental acuity in adapting without hesitation to novel communication situations; 
 

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
General subjects
Teaching methods
The students have to interpret either a text that is read or an audio recording or a video recording
Evaluation methods
Performance assessment during the classes. Immediate correction (contents, presentation, language)

Consecutive interpretation exam at the end of the module
Bibliography
Il est recommandé de lire régulièrement des journaux et revues allemands, d'écouter la radio allemande et/ou de regarder la télévision allemande pour approfondir les connaissances en langue allemande.
Faculty or entity
LSTI


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

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