TY - GEN T1 - Aptitude for Interpreting. T2 - Benjamins current topics. A1 - Pöchhacker, Franz A2 - Liu, Minhua LA - English PP - Amsterdam/Philadelphia PB - John Benjamins Publishing Company YR - 2014 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn892799166 AB - 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. OP - 189 NO - 3.1 Scores on all variables. CN - P306.5 .P384 2014 SN - 9789027269546 SN - 9027269548 SN - 9789027242563 SN - 9027242569 KW - Translating and interpreting : Study and teaching. KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY : Multi-Language Phrasebooks. KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Alphabets & Writing Systems. KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Grammar & Punctuation. KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Linguistics : General. KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Readers. KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Spelling. KW - Translating and interpreting : Study and teaching KW - Electronic book. ER -