2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

MODL5381M Retour Interpreting: Consecutive

15 creditsClass Size: 35

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

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Module replaces

MODL5046M English as a Retour Interpreting Language

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

Retour interpreting, or interpreting into a B language, is an increasingly important aspect of conference interpreting both on the private market and at international institutions. This module introduces and develops the skills required for successful, professional retour interpreting. Students will develop the key skills for this interpreting direction in the consecutive mode – building on their note-taking, analysis and deverbalisation skills as well as core skills in target-language reproduction and presentation and public speaking skills.

Objectives

The main objectives of this module are to introduce the key practical and theoretical concepts and issues at play when interpreting into a B language; to aid student development in B language competence and to enable students to develop effective strategies in consecutive interpreting into B. In order to achieve this, the module focuses on specific techniques, such as deverbalisation, note-taking, and paraphrasing to support effective, clear and precise discourse delivery into a B language. Through the module, students also develop their understanding of the retour interpreting market and demands of the users of interpreting services.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:

LO1. Effectively analyse, deverbalise, and internalise the original speaker's meaning;-
LO2. Effectively reconstruct and communicate the source speaker’s message and intentions in a clear and precise manner in the target language, using techniques such as paraphrasing appropriately;
LO3. Communicate and present clearly and effectively in a B language;-
LO4. Demonstrate understanding of and ability to use the strategies employed when working into or out of English as part of an A/B language pair.

Skills Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
SO1. Work-ready interpreting skills
SO2. Technical skills relating to note-taking and presentation

Syllabus

This module will have a clear skills-based progression to enable students to develop their B-language interpreting competence.The module will begin by focusing on the enhancement of students' B-language presentation and delivery skills.In the second period of the semester, commencing with consideration of the theoretical aspects of retour interpreting, the module will employ a broad range of materials including A-lanugage speeches prepared by students on "Topics of the Week", which will be used to train students in developing the skill of delivering clear, concise, accurate and meaningful renderings in the consecutive mode.Practicals will include students providing on-the-spot summaries of spoken and written language; presentations on a range of professional topics and consecutive interpreting with notes into the students' B-language. Practical and critical feedback will be offered to students by native speakers, experienced tutors in retour interpreting, as well as by their peers.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Practical	8	4.00	32.00
Private study hours			118.00
Total Contact hours			32.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

The progress of professional competence will be monitored throughout the semester through regular/oral feedback on students’ performances in class.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	In person student 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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