INTR0001-1 : Simultaneous interpretation from English into French 1

Study Programmes 2015-2016

INTR0001-1

Simultaneous interpretation from English into French 1

Duration :

15h Th, 30h Pr, 3d FT Tr. Pr.

Number of credits :

Master in interpreting (120 ECTS)		6

Lecturer :

Muriel Mercier

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

All year long

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

The course is divided in two parts: theory and practical training. Students will get familiar with simultaneous interpreting techniques before moving on to pratical training. Techniques cover but not only memory exercices similar to the consecutive ones. Active listening, split attention, reformulation, visualization, concentration

Learning outcomes of the course :

By the end of this course, students will be able to interpret in simultaneous a 6 to 10-minute speech from English into French

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

French as mother tongue or equivalent knowledge. Active listening to English-speaking and French-speaking radio programmes or podcasts. Reading the newspapers in French and English

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Simultaneous interpreting training in the booth based on short and simple stories, notes-reading, speeches, videos. Simultaneous exercices : shadowing, speech-writing, speech-reading, split attention, reformulation, delivery. This list is not exhaustive.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face