Consecutive interpreting techniques Turkish > French

Teacher(s)

Vanrie Pierre (coordinator);

Language

French

Main themes

Social issues and current affairs

Learning outcomes

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, 2.1, 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;

Content

Based on the teaching unit on Founding Principles, this Unit aims at giving the first run of the ladder on consecutive interpretation from Turkish  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 Turkish 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 Turkish at enhanced pace and register and address  subject-matters linked to the society and the on-going news in Turkey.

Teaching methods

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 Turkish register used by the speaker
 

Evaluation methods

On-going appraisal and final assessment

Faculty or entity

LSTI