Training teachers of interpreting
Date: 9 November, 2011
Location: Room lF1, Language Centre, 2nd Floor, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds
Event type: Practitioner Workshop
EVENT TIMINGS : 10.00 - 16.00
Presenter/facilitator: National Network for Interpreting , Svetlana Carsten and Catriona Howards (University of Leeds)
With the growing demand for L1 English interpreters in UN and EU institutions in 2000s, increased interest among young language learners in interpreting encouraged MFL departments to add interpreting as an optional or core subject to their curricula. This new interest followed a ten-year period of low priority for teaching interpreting. However, in the 1970s and 1980s during the height of the subject’s popularity, lively debates persisted among academics in the UK and continental Europe on the main question arising when training interpreters: should interpreting be taught at undergraduate or postgraduate level? With the welcome re-emergence of interpreting modules this compelling question is now back on the agenda.
This workshop will be of interest to:
- MFL lecturers or tutors who are teaching, or would like to teach, interpreting at undergraduate level
The main outcomes of the workshop are:
We hope that by the end of the day the participants will have a good understanding of the difference between interpreting training at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and will have discussed and agreed on asset of skills that are essential for undergraduate students in order to progress to a professional level of training. We will also demonstrate that, with the right approach, interpreting could be an engaging way to learn language. The participants are expected to take part in a range of practical exercises which they could offer to the students they teach.
Resources: In the course of the day on-line resources will be used. These are being developed by the National Network for Interpreting. The website which houses these resources (www.nationalnetworkforinterpreting.ac.uk) contains a range of interactive activities designed to engage the interest of young learners, undergraduate students and the wider public in the profession of interpreting. The website also contains the information on training and working as an interpreter.
A short reading list on interpreting that may be useful for undergraduate students can be downloaded here 
Slides from the workshop are now available to view here.
Fees
- There is a charge of £125 to attend this event.
- Please note that we reserve the right to retain the £125 as a cancellation fee if you do not notify us by Wednesday 2 November 2011 that you are unable to attend.
- Full details of our charging policy are available.
- Lunch will be provided
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Registration |
| 10.30 - 11.30 |
Group discussion
Postgraduate degrees in Interpreting:
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| 11.45 - 12.15 | Group discussion The participants are invited to reflect on their students’ skills. What can your students do by the end of the module/course?
If you teach interpreting modules can you please bring an example of the material that you use, e.g. texts, printed dialogues, tapes or DVDs, etc. |
| 12.15 - 13.00 | Group discussion The participants are invited to reflect on the skills that their students’ need to possess in order to be competent interpreters |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 16.00 |
Practical work
|
| 16.00 | Close |
