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WHAT FORMAT OF LESSONS TO CHOOSE WHEN TEACHING INTERPRETING AT UNIVERSITY
Kazan Federal University (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
About this paper:
Appears in: INTED2020 Proceedings
Publication year: 2020
Pages: 7200-7203
ISBN: 978-84-09-17939-8
ISSN: 2340-1079
doi: 10.21125/inted.2020.1900
Conference name: 14th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dates: 2-4 March, 2020
Location: Valencia, Spain
Abstract:
Different generations study differently. The way we teach is gradually changing and it is clear that nowadays teaching should be different. Living at the epoch of great amount of knowledge, applications, and devices available at any time, for diverse purposes and at different levels, we may come to the idea that we cannot use the same strategies we had even in the recent past. We discuss various formats of lessons in this article trying to take into consideration both merits and demerits of each of them. Senior students of University were involved into going through different formats of classes and reflexing upon the process itself and its results. Both synchronic and diachronic methods of comparison were used.

The conclusions were not dramatically unexpected and surprising, and they brought us to the idea that the most successful format of lessons when teaching interpreting was hands on training, regular and thoughtful. As we are more interested in the result than in the process, this format is the most successful way to acquire better skills in shorter period of time. It means that there is more interaction. That way gives better results and they are more stable.
Keywords:
Teaching, interpreting, lesson format, interaction, teaching strategy, University student.