Aptitude for Interpreting.

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 a...

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Autor principal: Pöchhacker, Franz
Altres autors: Liu, Minhua
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.
Col·lecció:Benjamins current topics.
Accés en línia:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=860352
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Sumari: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.
Descripció de l’ítem:3.1 Scores on all variables.
Descripció física:1 online resource (189 pages)
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027269546
9027269548
9789027242563
9027242569