Public Service Interpreter Education in the Gulf States: Ideas for Curriculum Design and Teaching

The Gulf States host large numbers of non-Arabic-speaking residents and visitors. These non-nationals need to deal with such public services as hospitals, schools, courts, and other local administrations. In many cases, English is used as a lingua franca; however, not all public service staff or clients are able to speak or communicate effectively in this language. The communication needs in such situations require the assistance of professional public service interpreters, which, in turn, calls for appropriate education. In this paper, I outline education needs in public service interpreting in the Gulf States; provide an overview of common curricular contents and teaching methods in this area; put forward a proposal for learning outcomes, course contents, and teaching strategies; and highlight the importance of an interpreting practicum for graduate employability and community engagement

ATLAS REGIONAL REGION du TADLA AZILAL MAROC

International audienceRegional Atlas of the Tadla-Azilal region (Morocco), carried out through a Volubilis "Programme d’Action Intégrée" funded by the "Comité Mixte Interuniversitaire Franco-Marocain" involving ESO-Angers (UMR CNRS 6590) of Angers University (France), Sultan Moulay Slimane University of Beni Mellal (Morocco) and EHESS Paris LATES (France). It puts into perspective the different elements to highlight or to preserve and participates in providing tangible answers to the development and planning of this region. After a historical, physical and human overview are developed the specific dynamics and issues of the three regional units (mountain, piedmont, plain) and the cross-cutting issues about water, migratory question, risks and potential and recognized heritage.L’Atlas régional de la région du Tadla-Azilal au Maroc a été réalisé à la suite d’un Programme d’Action Intégrée Volubilis soutenu par le Comité Mixte Interuniversitaire Franco-Marocain de 2005 à 2008 associant ESO-Angers (UMR CNRS 6590) de l’Université d’Angers (France), l’Université Sultan Moulay Slimane de Beni Mellal (Maroc) et le LATES de l’EHESS de Paris (France).L'atlas permet de mettre en perspective les éléments à valoriser et ceux à préserver et ainsi participer à apporter des réponses concrètes pour l’aménagement et le développement de cette région.Après un état des lieux historique, physique et humain, sont développés les dynamiques et enjeux spécifiques aux trois unités régionales (montagne, piémont plaine) et les enjeux transversaux autour de l'eau, de la question migratoire, des risques et des patrimoines reconnus et potentiels

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN NURSING SCHOOL: A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT DATA

Student engagement has received considerable attention in higher education research because of the link between increased student knowledge, greater student satisfaction with educational experience, and increased student retention and persistence. The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) has been used since 2000 to assess engagement in undergraduate college students. NSSE results have been used to gain an understanding about levels of academic engagement for freshman and senior college students. Institutions use NSSE results to make changes in policies and practices to improve undergraduate education. This comparative descriptive study examined levels of undergraduate nursing students’ engagement during college by conducting a secondary analysis of NSSE data. The overall aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of nursing students’ levels of engagement at two points in time and comparing two geographic regions, and how they spent their time while in college. In a 2007 report, the National Leadership Council for Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) identified ten innovative high-impact practices in higher education. Since then, these practices have been implemented across the nation and have been associated with gains in student learning and personal development (Kuh, 2008). This study compared senior nursing students’ levels of engagement before and after these high-impact practices were recommended to see if engagement levels in senior nursing students differed between 2003 and 2010. Astin’s student involvement theory was used as a guiding framework for this study to examine how nursing students engage in the learning process and what educational resources nursing students use to become involved in the learning process. Astin’s theory focuses on what the college student does to be an active participant in the learning process and describes the environmental influences on college student development. Although statistically significant, the differences between the 2003 and 2010 nationwide cohorts of nursing students for the Level of Academic Challenge and Student-Faculty Interaction benchmarks were trivial. Senior nursing students were equally as engaged in 2010 as they were in 2003. This finding suggests consistency and stability in nursing education with regard to the Level of Academic Challenge and Student-Faculty Interaction benchmarks. Senior nursing students from Kansas and Missouri were compared to senior nursing students from all other states. Senior nursing students from KS/MO were similar to students from all other states in relation to Level of Academic Challenge and Active and Collaborative Learning benchmarks and how they spent their time in a typical 7-day week. Although statistically significant, the difference between the KS/MO cohort of nursing students and cohort of nursing students from other states for the Student-Faculty Interaction benchmark was trivial. In general, senior nursing students in 2010 were as engaged in their education as they were in 2003, reflecting stability in nursing education during this same time period. Senior nursing students from KS/MO were as engaged and spent their time in a similar manner as senior nursing students from all other states. This indicates that nursing students from these Midwest states have similar educational engagement as nursing students from other states and nursing education in the Midwest is consistent with the rest of the country. These findings of stability and consistency over time and across regions of the US are encouraging for nursing education. Nurse educators and higher-education administrators can build upon this strong foundation and make concerted efforts to further increase engagement in nursing students

La conservazione preventiva del patrimonio librario come possibile alternativa al restauro tradizionale

The present paper focuses on the close relation between library collections and their preservation environment, aiming, in particular, at highlighting the importance of promoting and sustaining the monitoring. The paper proposes some simple and ready-to-use technologies – smart monitoring – to prevent future damages

Reconsidering tutorials and student-lecturer power relationships in language subjects

The power relationship between teachers/lecturers and students may have negative effects on the process of learning because it can limit both ‘physical’ and verbal access to the teacher/lecturer and give rise to a relatively negative attitude towards him/ her. This is why reconsidering that power relationship and trying to reduce the power asymmetry is likely to improve both the relationship and the student’s learning and performance. A way to contribute to bridging the distance between student and lecturer and also enhance personalized teaching and learning is tutorials. This article reports the results of an “experiment” that was carried out, with such objectives in mind, in the Teacher Training School of Guadalajara (University of Alcalá).La relación de poder entre profesores y alumnos puede acarrear consecuencias negativas para el proceso de aprendizaje. Por eso si se reconsidera esta relación y se reduce la asimetría entre los dos participantes en el proceso educativo, es probable que mejoren la relación entre los dos y el rendimiento de los alumnos. Una forma de hacerlo es replantearse el concepto de “tutoría”. Este artículo presenta los resultados de una experiencia en este sentido llevada a cabo en la Escuela de Magisterio de Guadalajara (Universidad de Alcalá)

Translating/interpreting register in healthcare and court settings

Register has long been a hot issue in translation and interpreting studies. For translation and interpreting trainers it is still a controversial aspect to deal with, especially when training future professionals to work in institutional settings. However, there are two factors that can generally determine whether to keep register level or to accommodate it, namely the communicative objective and the specific characteristics of the setting. By analysing the communicative objective of every situation and the characteristics of the institutional setting, translators and, especially, interpreters can stop thinking of register accuracy as an absolute requirement and start dealing with it in a relative, context-sensitive way

EL INTÉRPRETE EN LOS SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS ENTRE LA PRIMERA Y LA TERCERA PERSONA

Mientras que en interpretación de conferencias sorprendería que un intérprete usase la tercera persona para interpretar, en la interpretación en los servicios públicos (bilateral) no es raro encontrar intérpretes que lo hagan, por falta de formación, o por convicción, o por las complicaciones de la interpretación en situaciones triádicas. Este artículo presenta los resultados de un análisis cuantitativo de veinte consultas médicas con el fin de averiguar si existe acuerdo entre los intérpretes en cuanto al uso de la primera persona, y si los mismos intérpretes son constantes en su uso. El análisis cuantitativo consiste en contar y clasificar los turnos de palabra de los intérpretes participantes según el estilo de interpretación (directo/indirecto). Los resultados indican una falta de consenso entre los intérpretes y una falta de uniformidad en el estilo de interpretación de la mayoría de los intérpretes (en la misma consulta)

Public service interpreting and translation

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Public service translation

The term ‘public service translation’ is used in this chapter in the same sense as ‘community translation’, which Niska (2002: 135) defines as ‘written translation of mainly informative texts, addressed by authorities or institutions to people who do not understand texts in the language of the text producer’. It is not used in the sense given to it by Bandia (1998: 300), namely as translation between African and European languages, and from one European language to another, in the fields of foreign affairs and administrative, economic, and cultural relations between African countries and ex-colonial powers