Expanding the interpreting classroom
Virtual learning resources
for interpreting students
Barbara Moser-Mercer
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Modularizing training
Define skill
components
Choose
evaluation
method
Develop
content
Package skills
according to
progression
Create learning
scenario
Choose
Delivery
mode
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Modes of delivery
Distance learning
Face to face
Blended learning
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The EMCI Distance teaching project
Distance
Teaching and learning
Digital library
Digital teaching
and learning resources
E-learning
Digital speech library
Theory of interpreting
Conference terminology
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Theory of interpreting
Developing expertise in conference
interpreting (Barbara Moser-Mercer, ETI)
Théorie de l’interprétation dans les PECO –
Bibliographie (Ivana Cenková, Charles
University, Prague)
Measuring quality in conference
interpreting (Barbara Moser-Mercer, ETI)
Dolmetschwissenschaft im
deutschsprachigen Raum (Franz
Pöchhacker, Universität Graz)
Note-taking in consecutive interpreting
(Zsusza Lang, ELTE)
German interpreting research (Franz
Pöchhacker, Universität Graz)
Memory in consecutive interpreting (Zsusza
Lang, ELTE)
Qu’est-ce qu’interpréter selon la théorie
interprétative de la traduction (3 modules)
(Marianne Lederer, ESIT)
The interpreter (Francine Mestrum,
Antwerp)
Errors in interpreting (Andrzej Kopczynski,
Univ. Warsaw)
Teorie tlumocení v zemích strední a
východní Evropy (Ivana Cenková, Charles
University, Prague)
Dialogue interpreting (Cecilia Wadensjö,
Univ. Linköping)
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Conference terminology
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Module topics
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Decisions, votes, elections
The document process
Rules of procedure
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Nugget structure
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Conference scenario
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Conference documents
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Multilingual mock sessions
Electronic versions of documents used in
mock sessions
Conference terminology
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Electronic file with multilingual conference
terminology
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Nugget resources
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DVD/CD-Rom includes:
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Film of mock conference in its entirety (DVD)
Electronic version of documents used during
mock conference in all conference languages
used
Terminology file containing all terms and
phrases used during the mock meeting in all
conference languages
MP3 file of mock conference (audio only)
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Create learning scenario
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Integration of learning resource
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View streaming media on expertise
Engage students in activity (relate theoretical
information to personal skill acquisition)
 Discuss skill acquisition scenarios on forum
 Debrief during chat
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Computer-supported collaborative learning
structure
collaboration
construction
monitoring
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Collaborative learning around the globe
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The portal and its tools
anonymous
portal
Postnuke community portal
participant
teacher
asynchronous
tools
(e-mail, news, calendar, forum,
library, portfolio, journal)
(a)synchronous
synchronous
(instant messages, WIKI)
(chat)
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Collaborative learning for
interpreting students
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Introducing students to the learning
environment
Interpreting theory
Independent study projects
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From pooling resources to interactive learning
Distance teaching
and learning
Digital library
Teaching and
Learning resources
E-learning
Resource development
and sharing
Digital speech library
Collaborative
learning
Community
building
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THANK YOU
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Austria Karl Franzens Universität,Graz Belgium Hoger Instituut
voor Vertalers en Tolken,Antwerpen Czech Republic Charles
University,Prague Denmark Handelshøjskolen,Copenhagen
Finland Turku University,Turku France ESIT,Université de la
Sorbonne Nouvelle,Paris Germany Johannes Gutenberg
Universität,Mainz Hungary Eötvös Loránd University
(Elte),Budapest Italy Università degli Studi di Trieste,Trieste
Poland University of Warsaw,Warsaw Portugal Universidade Do
Minho,Braga Spain Universidad de la Laguna,La Laguna
Sweden Stockholms Universitet,Stockholm
Switzerland Université de Genève,Geneva United Kingdom,
University of Westminster, London
(Co-ordinating institution)
Bob Jayes and Rob Brown (Westminster)
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