Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Apply professional communication skills and demeanor within a post-secondary educational setting.

2. Apply theoretical knowledge of the role and function of an interpreter within a post-secondary setting.

3. Set individual goals for improvement using reflective practices and peer feedback.

4. Discuss the logistics and process of interpreting in a given environment.

5. Record community hours and create accurate invoices of interpreting hours.

This course will consist of the following activities:

• Supervision sessions with the instructor

• Interpret ongoing assignments in a college classroom

• Prepare for interpreting assignments

• Work collaboratively with an interpreting team. 

• Maintain a record of hours spent preparing for assignments, working with a mentor, observing, and interpreting.

• Submit invoices of interpreting hours to course instructor.

Students will be assessed on interpreting work, completion of community hours, reflections, and professionalism. Students must complete 60 hours of class time, assignments, mentoring, and community hours. 

Course content includes:

• Continued development of expressive and receptive simultaneous interpreting skills.

• Practice successful communication between the student interpreter, team, and presenter.

• Develop an understanding of the appropriate location of an interpreter in a given situation.

• Use of appropriate professional dress and demeanor, interpreting techniques, preparation, processing, clarification techniques, incorporating feedback, and production of an interpretation.

• Development of strategies to control performance anxiety to become comfortable interpreting in front of an audience.

• Discussing and analyzing personal skill development 

• Calculating time spent preparing for, discussing, and performing an interpretation.