Course Name: Pre-GSIT Course
Instructor(s): Francisco Park
Email: seviyorum1003@hotmail.com
Prerequisites and/or co- requisites: An enrolled student must have passed the entrance exam of the Graduate School of Interpretation & Translation (GSIT) of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies or that of other major universities in Korea
Course Description:
This course is designed to help students to develop their basic skills in consecutive interpreting in a variety of subject matters to be prepared for a graduate program of interpretation and translation studies.
Throughout the course, students will be required to do an extensive amount of research on a given topic and hold group-practice sessions on a regular basis. Students will familiarize themselves with government agencies and various international organizations and will make a strenuous effort to bring their linguistic and interpreting skills up to par with those of the professional interpreters working at government agencies or international organizations.
As for teaching materials, a variety of authentic materials such as speeches and interviews will be used for class activities.
The instructor will employ various teaching methods and demonstrate flexibility in adapting to students’ needs as he sees fit to do so. Thus, each lesson plan will be based on the progress and areas for improvement of each student in order to maximize students’ learning as well as the efficiency and effectiveness of class instruction.
Course Learning Objectives/Outcomes:
Upon completing this eight-week course
- Students will have acquired basic skills in consecutive interpreting.
- Students will have learned and internalized a significant amount of new expressions and thematically-based terminologies.
- Students will be able to interpret speeches and interviews in a more efficient and effective manner through better word choices and expressions.
Texts/Readings:
Recommended:
Newspapers: The New York Times
Magazines: The Economist, Foreign Affairs
Audiovisual materials: The U.S. Department of State, The U.S Department of Defense,
The White House, The United Nations. UNESCO, WTO, WHO,
UNHCR and more
Assignments:
- Students must read assignment materials.
- Student must do an extensive amount of research on a given topic.
- Students will memorize speeches
Course Schedule:
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Date
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Description
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Special Note
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January 05/07
Wed/Fri
Week 1
Topic: Summit for Democracy
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- Course introduction
- Conference expressions
- Warm-up session
- Brainstorming
- Intro to Summit for Democracy
- Speech & interview by President Biden and more
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Homework for next class:
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Do research on next week’s topic
- Read the assigned material
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Memorize new lexical items covered in class
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Memorize the assigned conference expressions
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January 12/14
Wed/Fri
Week 2
Topic: COVID-19
(State Affairs)
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- Homework check
- Conference expressions
- Intro to COVID-19
- Brainstorming
- Speech & interview by TBD
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Homework for next class:
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Do research on next week’s topic
- Read the assigned material
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Memorize new lexical items covered in class
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Memorize the assigned conference expressions
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January 19/21
Wed/Fri
Week 3
Topic: US-China relations
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- Homework check
- Conference expressions
- Intro to US-China relations
- Brainstorming
- Speech & interview by TBD
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Homework for next class:
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Do research on next week’s topic
- Read the assigned material
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Memorize new lexical items covered in class
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Memorize the assigned conference expressions
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January 26/28
Wed/Fri
Week 4
Topic: North Korea
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- Homework Check
- Conference expressions
- Intro to North Korea
- Brainstorming
- Speech & interview by TBD
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Homework for next class:
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Do research on next week’s topic
- Read the assigned material
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Memorize new lexical items covered in class
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Memorize the assigned conference expressions
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February 02/04
Wed/Fri
Week 5
Topic: TBD
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- Homework Check
- Conference expressions
- Intro to TBD
- Brainstorming
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Speech & interview by TBD
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Homework for next class:
- Do research on next week’s topic
- Read the assigned material
- Memorize new lexical items covered in class
- Memorize the assigned conference expressions
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February 09/11
Wed/Fri
Week 6
Topic: TBD
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- Homework check
- Conference expressions
- Intro to TBD
- Brainstorming
- Speech & interview by TBD
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Homework for next class:
- Do research on next week’s topic
- Read the assigned material
- Memorize new lexical items covered in class
- Memorize the assigned conference expressions
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February 16/18
Wed/Fri
Week 7
Topic: TBD
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- Homework Check
- Conference expressions
- Intro to TBD
- Brainstorming
- Speech & interview by TBD
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Homework for next class:
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Do research on next week’s topic
- Read the assigned material
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Memorize new lexical items covered in class
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Memorize the assigned conference expressions
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February 23/25
Wed/Fri
Week 8
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