Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5423 Diploma of Interpreting (Auslan)

Course Title: Interpret as part of a team

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 30

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
LANG5887C	City Campus	TAFE	535T Social Care and Health	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2023, Term1 2024, Term1 2025

Course Contact: Ya-Ping Kuo

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 3771

Course Contact Email: ya-ping.kuo@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to interpret in collaboration with one or more other interpreters as part of an interpreting team or in relay, observing each other’s work and providing practical support to achieve effective communication that satisfies professional and industry standards.

This unit applies to those working as interpreters in both consecutive and simultaneous modes, in dialogue or monologue settings and includes team, tandem and relay interpreting. The presence of multiple interpreters confirms this as a complex setting.

This unit will be delivered in a cluster as follows:

Monologue cluster:

LANG5875C Interpret in general monologue settings

LANG5885C Demonstrate routine language proficiency in different subjects and cultural contexts

LANG5887C Interpret as part of a team

LANG5888C Interpret through communication media

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	PSPTIS141 Interpret as part of a team
Elements:	1.Clarify assignment requirements 2.Prepare as a team 3.Undertake team assignment 4.Evaluate team performance

Learning Outcomes

Overview of Assessment

Assessment will be ongoing during the semester and you will be asked a variety of assessment tasks and activities to assess your level of competence against key performance criteria.
These assessment tasks/activities include, but not limited to, the following:

- Practical demonstrations

- Role plays

- Observation checklists

- Simulated interpreting assignments