2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

MODL5048M Public Service Interpreting

15 creditsClass Size: 18

Module manager: Lihong Pan
Email: L.Pan1@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

Public service interpreting (PSI) is commonly employed in a wide variety of fields such as the provision of medical and legal services; immigration processes; citizens’ rights and employment services and many other public service sectors. The module will introduce student to the required skills, knowledge and the conditions and realities of public service interpreting. Students will further develop their skills in deverbalisation, note-taking and other liaison interpreting skills and will be introduced to the chuchotage simultaneous mode of interpreting and the related skills. Students will engage with specific topics and contexts including interpreting for various actors in the legal and medical fields. Students will be able to acquire a basic understanding of these fields.

Objectives

The main objectives of this module are to build upon the students' liaison and consecutive interpreting skills while introducing simultaneous interpreting skills and the technical and contextual knowledge required of public service interpreters. The focus here will be on the development of specific techniques that support the effective target-language reconstruction in the various modes of interpreting used in the public service sector: consecutive, liaison and chucotage/whispered simultaneous interpreting. These techniques include effective preparation and rapid assimilation of technical knowledge about the topic of the assignment, deverbalisation, note-taking and code- and register-switching to meet the needs of a specific audience or client. In addition to these skills, the module develops basic awareness and understanding of concepts in medical and legal interpreting and the institutional structures in which it is used.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
LO1: demonstrate an awareness of the professional and terminological requirements of public service interpreters;-
LO2: effectively research and prepare for assignments of a specialised and technical nature;-
LO3: proficiently take notes to support liaison and consecutive interpreting;-
LO4: interpret effectively in the liaison and consecutive modes;
LO5: interpret effectively in the chuchotage/whispered simultaneous mode.

Skills Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
SO1. Master deverbalisation skills in public service interpreting
SO2. Exhibit cultural sensitivity in public service interpreting
SO3. Evaluate and reflect on interpreting performance
SO4. Apply technical knowledge in public service interpreting

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Practicals	9	2.00	18.00
Private study hours			132.00
Total Contact hours			18.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

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

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	In-person presentation assessment	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

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

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 06/02/2024

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