Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6183 Advanced Diploma of Interpreting (Spoken Language)

Course Title: Use chuchotage (whispered simultaneous) to interpret

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 50

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)
LANG5897C	City Campus	TAFE	535T Social Care and Health	Face-to-Face or Internet	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 from a source language to a target language in chuchotage mode, preserving key information and the intent of the source message. It includes anticipating the intent of a source to assist the message transfer process.

This unit applies to those working as interpreters in chuchotage mode, either alone or collaboratively as part of a team.

An interpreter applying chuchotage mode is required to interpret in one language direction, from source to target, at the same time as source utterances are delivered.

Chuchotage is applied in complex settings. Complex settings are those in which the elements of the setting, or the number of parties involved, limit the interpreter from managing the interaction. The interpreter may be required to switch modes in a challenging dialogue or monologue setting, where there is a range of participant interests and personal welfare and safety issues that need to be considered. The content of communication may not easily be predicted or planned for, and there are limited opportunities for error correction.

This unit is delivered in a cluster as follows:

Chuchotage Cluster (Spoken language)

PSPTIS137	Use chuchotage (whispered simultaneous) to interpret
PSPTIS119	Use routine legal terminology in two languages

 

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	PSPTIS137 Use chuchotage (whispered simultaneous) to interpret
Elements:	1. Receive and analyse source message. 2. Transfer message to target language. 3. Evaluate interpreting 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 may include, but are not limited to:

- Practical demonstrations

- Observation checklists

- Simulated interpreting assignments

- Written assessments