2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

FREN3070 Bilingual Liaison Interpreting

20 creditsClass Size: 24

Module manager: John Sagar
Email: j.sagar@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

Successful completion of Level 2 French or equivalent, at the discretion of the Course Director
This module requires fluency in French and preference will normally be given to those students who have spent a year in a French-speaking environment

This module is mutually exclusive with

FREN3730	French as a Professional Language
FREN3770	Theory and Practice in French-English Translation

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Discussion of the theory and techniques of consecutive interpreting (memory training, note-taking, and presentation skills in French and English) will be integrated to the weekly practical classes, enabling the students to analyse and thus improve their individual performance. In the weekly practical classes the students will act as interpreters for a scenario/discussion between a French and an English native speaker on a topic for which documentation has been provided in advance. Students' performance is recorded and analysed in class.

Objectives

On completion of this module students will be expected to be able to interpret in the consecutive mode from and into French in a discussion/debate on a subject of which they have been given advance notice. Individual sections to be interpreted can be up to 1.5-2 minutes long. The aim of the module is not to train professional interpreters but to provide students with a discrete language skill that is often required in professional situations, formal and informal.

Skills outcomes
Enhanced skills in written and oral French in an academic register

Syllabus

Students will gain practical experience in weekly sessions, each based around interpreting in a scenario involving a monoglot French speaker and a monoglot English speaker on a topic for which documentation has been provided in advance. Students' performance is recorded and analysed primarily in terms of interpreting technique. Interpreting theory will be introduced in the context of the practical sessions. The assessed essay is intended to show how the students relate theory to their individual experience, and the practical examination assesses their mastery of the techniques.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	2	1.00	2.00
Practical	18	1.00	18.00
Private study hours			180.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

At the end of each taught session, students' performance is analysed and discussed, with credit given for things which they have done well and suggestions made as to how they might improve and progress. Sound recordings of the sessions are then made available online for further study.

40% of the total marks available for the module are accounted for by a peer observation essay, to be submitted in the second half of Semester 2. To help them prepare for this, students are required to complete a practice essay in Semester 1, for which they are given detailed feedback by their tutors.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	1,500 words in French based on the evaluation of peer performance	40.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		40.00

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 Exam / OSCE	0 hr 30 mins	60.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		60.00

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

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 20/04/2016

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