2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

MODL5048M Public Service Interpreting

15 creditsClass Size: 20

Module manager: Stefan Mikulin
Email: s.p.mikulin@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

The module will introduce the students to the skills and knowledge required for interpreting for the public services. This will include, but not be limited to, legal interpreting (criminal and civil law); medical interpreting; social services and citizens' and public services.

Objectives

To deliver the key skills required to interpret in the liaison and chuchotage (whispered) modes.
To provide a detailed overview of the work and expectations of public services interpreters.
To prepare students for the industry and the realities of public service interpreting – including preparation for the DPSI should any student wish to sit this exam following completion of their studies.

Learning outcomes
How to use notes in the liaison mode; how to code switch in continuous dialogue interpreting; and understanding of the dynamics involved in public service interpreting in terms of power, register and expectations; how to interpret in the chuchotage mode; how to render and deal with offensive or sensitive interventions; an understanding of the role of the interpreter of his/her interlocutors; an awareness of the market for various languages and public services in England and Wales; an elementary understanding of English law and the British medical system.

Skills outcomes
Note-taking; chuchotage interpreting; code-switching and register-switching; professional comportment in PSI

Syllabus

Skills: liaison interpreting; chuchotage interpreting; research and terminology use; rendering cultural references; rendering offensive language; controlling the intervention; professional comportment
Knowledge: The PSI market in England and Wales; basic English law; an elementary knowledge of the British medical system; an introduction to adult and child services, the UKBA and other actors/clients in the industry

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Practical	10	2.00	20.00
Independent online learning hours			20.00
Private study hours			110.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

Students will be required to prepare for each class in terms of research through online and written sources – with regard to both interpreting theory and the specific subject areas covered (English law; medicine, immigration etc.).
The students will be required to practise individually and in groups in order to build upon the practical work done in class. Guidance on this will be provided by the tutor.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

As the class is skills-based/performance-based, a week-by-week/class-by-class formative appraisal can be made by the tutor over the course of the in-class contact hours.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Reflective log	For Personal Development	0.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		0.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Practical spot test exam (1)	0 hr 30 mins	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

The final exam will take the form of a public service interpreting role-play with the student required to interpreting bilaterally in both the liaison and chuchotage modes – in line with the current examination format for the DPSI. The exam will take place at the end of semester one.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 04/08/2017

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