Integrating Information and Communication Technology into Interpreter Training in China: State-of-the-Art and Prospect
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Mingwu Xu
Abstract
The past decade has witnessed dramatic changes and impressive progress in interpreter training in China due to technological innovations, policy support from the Ministry of Education, increasing demand for qualified interpreters in the market, and ceaseless efforts from interpreting trainers and researchers. Meanwhile, research efforts have been made in the integration of information and communication technology (ICT) into interpreter training. Chinese researchers have explored a wide range of pedagogical factors in this regard, including training models, principles, materials and strategies as well as autonomous learning, assessment and trainer/trainee roles. This paper reviews the major studies in this field and may serve as a reference for international interpreting practice and research. It argues that more attention should be focused on micro-perspectives, more empirical research methods are to be adopted, and more professional training tools are to be developed and tried out.
©2015 Walter de Gruyter, Berlin Boston
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- Understanding Interaction Inside and Outside the EFL Self-Concept System: A Case Study of Chinese Learners in Junior High School
- Task-Induced Involvement Load: The Accumulation Effects on Vocabulary Acquisition
- Metacognitive Knowledge of Tertiary-Level EFL Reading: Case Studies in an Acquisition-Poor Context
- A Study into Students’ Views on Guided Peer Feedback in Group Work
- Effect of Morphology on Word Acquisition: An Investigation on the Acquisition of Psych Adjectives
- Integrating Information and Communication Technology into Interpreter Training in China: State-of-the-Art and Prospect
- A Case Study of the English Teachers’ Burnout in a Medical University in China
- Chinese Abstracts
