Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Humanities Arts Social Science

School

Languages & Cultures School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

General contact hours 3 Hours/ Week

Assessment methods

Practical interpreting, group practice, oral interviews

Course enquiries

Dr Haiyan Liang

Study Abroad

This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

This course introduces students to basic interpreting skills between English and Chinese (Mandarin). It includes introduction to different interpreting settings and expectations. It mainly covers dialogue interpreting, consecutive interpreting and sight translation. Students will also learn skills concerning memory, note-taking and communication management. The course exposes students to different subject areas in interpreting including education, community services, immigration, law, health and business.This course may be cancelled if there are fewer than 20 enrolments.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile