EI 120 - Processing Skills and Discourse Analysis C

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Mohawk Valley Community College

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Description:

This course introduces the mental processing skills (pre-interpreting skills) of consecutive and simultaneous interpretation and an indepth look at the interpreter as a bicultural/bilingual mediator. It includes an overview of the theoretical models of interpretation, skill development activities, and practice activities. Interpreting theory, visualization, listening and comprehension, shadowing, paraphrasing, abstracting, dual task training, text analysis,cloze skills, and translation are included.A focus is presentedon the interpreters communicative competence. It includes astudy of conversational exchanges in English and ASL. Prerequisite: EI101 Introduction to Education and Educational Interpreting with a grade of "C" or better. Corequisite: AL202 American Sign Language 4.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mvcc.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 792-5400

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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