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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2014.
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| Series: | Benjamins current topics.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=860352 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | 3.1 Scores on all variables. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (189 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027269546 9027269548 9789027242563 9027242569 |