By Jan Cambridge and Kirsty Heimerl-Moggan, in association with Rachel Cohen
Including a 25 Week Training Course.
Complete with class plans and a fully tested set of teaching materials.
This book is the result of a one-year course (75 hours).
It describes the course all the way through, from how to set the course up, recruiting students and staff, to running mock exams. It offers detailed information on the exam itself, and signposts to further materials and information.
Headline contents of the course
Constant topics and activities:
- Vocabulary building and glossary development with support from Other Language Tutors
- Memory training
- Reformulation, paraphrasing
- Note taking including presentation and practice with “draw what you mean” game
- Consecutive and simultaneous whispered techniques
- Sight translation
- Written translation
- Ethics
- Role-play practice from class 9 onwards
- Interpreter interventions
- Support from expert speakers
Click Here for Full Table of Contents
Included in the book is a board game (which we have developed and tested) for practicing note taking. ( copy/print and cut out board and cards)
Practicing note taking is a vital skill to PSIs, and not just the conference interpreters who have used it for decades.
It is easier to learn in a group. Our game can be used in a variety of ways and is:
- Effective
- Fun
- Flexible
- Competitive
- Has been trialled in the UK and Spain
"I loved that. We don't often laugh that much in class" Guillermina. (interpreting student, Madrid)
The Spanish group that tried this game didn't want to stop.
When the game was played in our British classroom, some language groups became very competitive. It was more hotly contested between them than a Liverpool vs Everton football derby!
There are 16 fully scripted role-plays that approximate exam standard, and include practice in both consecutive and whispered simultaneous techniques.
The contents of this book represent many hours of class planning and researching materials. It is available as a PDF for printing as many times as you like, for a single payment of £800.00
Methods of Payment
Choose from the following payment methods:
BACS Payment (email us for bank details: psic@spanish.demon.co.uk)
Bankers draft
Cheque, made payable to PSIC, and posted to
Dinorben House, Park West, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 9JE
When payment is cleared, we will email you the PDF file.