Aptitude for Interpreting

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With increasing numbers of students wishing to become conference interpreters, but limited capacities in most university degree programs, accurate admission testing is an important means of predicting an applicant's chances of completing the program successfully. This article focuses on three aptitude tests for simultaneous interpretation: Pöchhacker's SynCloze test; Chabasse's cognitive shadowing test; and Timarová's personalized cloze test. The test battery was administered at the start of th…

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Full title :Aptitude for Interpreting.

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With increasing numbers of students wishing to become conference interpreters, but limited capacities in most university degree programs, accurate admission testing is an important means of predicting an applicant's chances of completing the program successfully. This article focuses on three aptitude tests for simultaneous interpretation: Pöchhacker's SynCloze test; Chabasse's cognitive shadowing test; and Timarová's personalized cloze test. The test battery was administered at the start of the 2009/2010 academic year to students beginning the two-year Master's program in conference interpret.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Benjamins Publishing Company
Place of Publication:Amsterdam/Philadelphia
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

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Description:1 online resource (189 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789027269546, 9027269548
oclc:ocn892799166
LC Classification:P306.5 .P384 2014
Dewey Decimal:418.020711

Aptitude for Interpreting; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Aptitude for interpreting; References; Aptitude testing over the years; 1. Introduction; 2. What to look for in an interpreting candidate; 2.1 Ideal interpreter profiles: A consistent view over a 40-year span; 2.2 Other contributions to the debate; 3. How to measure interpreter candidates' skills?; 3.1 Types of tests; 3.1.1 Early aptitude test batteries; 3.1.2 More recent test battery descriptions; 4. Test validity and reliability; 4.1 Proposals for aptitude test designs; 4.2 Predictive aptitude tests.

5. ConclusionsReferences; Learning styles, motivation and cognitive flexibility in interpreter training; Introduction; Psychological traits: Learning styles, motivation and cognitive flexibility; Learning styles; Motivation; Cognitive flexibility; Methodology of aptitude and admission research; Lessius study programmes and student groups description; Analysis 1: Self-selection; Method; Results; Analysis 2: Prediction of successful completion of interpreter training; Method; Results; Discussion; References; A story of attitudes and aptitudes?; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature.

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