Introduction to interpreting French-Dutch

3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1021223ANR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Je hebt ‘Taal- en vertaalpraktijk Frans-Nederlands II’ gevolgd, alvorens dit vak op te nemen. Dit vak opnemen houdt in dat je gelijktijdig ‘Français: langue et culture’ volgt of reeds geslaagd bent voor 'Français: langue et culture’. Zit je in een verkort traject dan kan je dit vak gewoon opnemen.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Sarah Roman Y Parra (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
39 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Different types of exercises (sight translation, whispering and memory training) are used to determine whether or not the student qualifies for the Master in Interpretation; Foreign language acquisition aspects also occur. Specific attention is given to the correct use of Dutch.

Students having Dutch in their language combination, automatically have to take the course 'Introduction to interpreting' in the other language of their combination, either German, English, French, Italian or Spanish. .

In order to take this class, compulsory additional costs will be charged next to the invoice sent to you as a student by the Student Administration Centre: for study material (photocopies) a minimum contribution of € 5 and a maximum contribution of € 25 will be required. The costs are borne by the student and can neither be passed on to fellow students nor recovered from the lecturer or faculty. The amounts stated are approximately correct.

If you experience payment difficulties as a result of these additional costs, you can contact Student Social Services via sociale.dienst.studenten@vub.ac.be or + 32 2 629 23 15.

More information can also be found on https://my.vub.ac.be/studiefinanciering.

Additional info

Students perform listening and oral exercises (e.g. paraphrasing, sight translation, oral summary and consecutive interpreting, public speaking) and gradually develop their interpreting skills and oral proficiency. They get acquainted with note-taking techniques for consecutive interpreting and with the professional contexts of interpreting.

Learning Outcomes

Doelstellingen

- Students develop basic interpreting techniques as well as their oral proficiency.

- Students gain an understanding of interpreting as a skill and as a professional activity.

Eindcompetenties

- Students have a general understanding of interpreting as a skill and as a professional activity.

- Students are able to apply basic interpreting skills.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 40% of the final mark.
Other determines 60% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written exam with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

Within the Other category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Permanent evaluation with a relative weight of 60 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Evaluation: Permanent evaluation 60% - Written exam 40%

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context