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.
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
15.0 h + 30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
SOMEBODY; Van Cleven Johan (coordinator);
Language
French
Prerequisites
- Proficiency in French ;
- Good comprehension (level C2) of Dutch
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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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
TU LINTP2603 « Introduction to simultaneous interpreting, Dutch-French », combines with the TU's devoted to consecutive interpreting techniques to provide students with a first set of interpreting skills.
One of the main aims of this TU is to teach students how to deal with listening, processing and speaking tasks simultaneously. Working on short speeches, students will progressively acquire the right balance between listening and speaking volumes and get acquainted with the booth and computer equipment. They will practice on the various aspects of simultaneous interpreting, one at a time first and collectively later so as to develop an efficient Dutch-to-French transfer technique. Short exercises will be followed by genuine speeches in Dutch, dealing with issues related to one or two major topics; political, economic, scientific or cultural, so that students can improve their knowledge of both the topic and the associated terminology/phraseology.
This TU focusses mainly on: 1) listening skills and analysis: how is the speech organized? What is the structure of the text? What is the core message? What is the purpose of the speech? What is the tone? 2) conveying the message as precisely as possible (with all due respect to shades of meaning) in a natural and fluent French.
Students will work on various topics and fields, various accents and registers; they will also be given the opportunity to keep upgrading their already thorough knowledge of French.
One of the main aims of this TU is to teach students how to deal with listening, processing and speaking tasks simultaneously. Working on short speeches, students will progressively acquire the right balance between listening and speaking volumes and get acquainted with the booth and computer equipment. They will practice on the various aspects of simultaneous interpreting, one at a time first and collectively later so as to develop an efficient Dutch-to-French transfer technique. Short exercises will be followed by genuine speeches in Dutch, dealing with issues related to one or two major topics; political, economic, scientific or cultural, so that students can improve their knowledge of both the topic and the associated terminology/phraseology.
This TU focusses mainly on: 1) listening skills and analysis: how is the speech organized? What is the structure of the text? What is the core message? What is the purpose of the speech? What is the tone? 2) conveying the message as precisely as possible (with all due respect to shades of meaning) in a natural and fluent French.
Students will work on various topics and fields, various accents and registers; they will also be given the opportunity to keep upgrading their already thorough knowledge of French.
Teaching methods
The class will be taught in a simultaneous interpretation laboratory.
Evaluation methods
Regular assessment and feedback to students; end-of-term examination
Other information
Other assignments (based on texts, audio, visuals) will be given during lectures.
Online resources
Websites of Dutch, French, Belgian and European parliaments, assemblies and other official online references.
Other websites referred to during lectures.
Other websites referred to during lectures.
Bibliography
Jones, Roderick : Conference Interpreting Explained, Routledge, 2014 ISBN 978-1900650-57-1
Gillies, Andrew : Conference Interpreting, A Student's Practice Book, Routledge, 2013, ASIN BOOE5CILGY
Meta : journal des traducteurs https://meta.erudit.org
Autres ressources communiquées en classe
Gillies, Andrew : Conference Interpreting, A Student's Practice Book, Routledge, 2013, ASIN BOOE5CILGY
Meta : journal des traducteurs https://meta.erudit.org
Autres ressources communiquées en classe
Faculty or entity
LSTI
