2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
MODL5383M Business Interpreting
15 creditsClass Size: 18
Module manager: Lihong Pan
Email: L.Pan1@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is not approved as an Elective
Module summary
Business interpreting refers to various interpreting tasks undertaken in business settings. The module will introduce students to the skills and knowledge required for interpreting for various occasions in the field of business interpreting. This will include, but not be limited to, business visits, negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, board meetings and other occasions of business interpreting.Students will also apply the skills of note-taking, deverbalisation, recall and other skills to various interpreting modes employed in business interpreting.Objectives
The main objectives of this module are to enable the students to develop the necessary skills for successful interpreting as well as the ability to research and assimilate the data and knowledge required in business interpreting assignments of various kinds.The focus here will be on the development of specific techniques that support effective target-language reconstruction, such as note-taking for consecutive and liaison modes, speech analysis and deverbalisation, and code- and register-switching to meet the needs of specific audiences and clients. The module also equips students with strategies for efficient research and preparation for interpreting assignments in various fields of business and with an appreciation of the norms of professional presentation and behavior. Finally, the module develops basic awareness and understanding of various fields of business and commerce in which interpreters are employed.
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 norms and expectations for performance in business interpreting settings;
LO2. efficiently research and prepare for interpreting assignments of various kinds in the field of business interpreting;
LO3. proficiently take notes to support liaison and consecutive interpreting;
LO4. interpret effectively in the liaison and consecutive interpreting modes;
LO5. deliver clear, accurate and well-analysed renditions of the clients' and interlocutors' discourse.
Skills Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
SO1. Work-ready interpreting skills for business scenarios
SO2. Technical skills relating to business interpreting settings
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 |
| 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
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 |
| Oral 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
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