English-Arabic Interpreting

English Arabic Interpreting

About the course

This course aims at enhancing learners’ basic interpreting skills. The course is designed to be an introduction to fundamentals of conference interpreting from English into Arabic and vice versa. It covers techniques of at sight, consecutive, and simultaneous interpreting in a variety of texts (e.g. journalistic, business, medical…etc). The course includes theoretical and practical aspects and tasks, enhancing the skills of the students. The class will be conducted in both English and Arabic, as the instructional materials, assignments and activities compass both languages.

Course details

Course content

Introduction to interpreting
Interpreting techniques
At sight interpreting
Consecutive interpreting
Simultaneous interpreting
Note-taking techniques
Technology of interpreting

Course Details

This course is taught online through live interactive sessions

Live interactive sessions

Course Starts: On demand
Duration: 5 weeks (2 sessions/week)
Date and time: To be coordinated with participants
Session duration: 2 hrs
Group capacity: Max. 10 students
Location: Online (Zoom).

Lectures and course material are available on our E-learning platform.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, students should:

Master different interpreting techniques and become able to employ them, while respecting the speaker’s intentions and register.
Understand the difference between translation and interpretation.
Manage stress, breathing and public speaking fright.
Employ various techniques to produce a logical progression of ideas in the TL.
Interpret consecutively and simultaneously a 2-5-minute simple text
Develop expertise in their working languages in practicing interpreting.
Demonstrate a thorough command of their working languages while interpreting.
Enhance the speed of the mental process while interpreting.

Course Requirements

Good command of English and Arabic
Computer literacy