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Nature of course request C00133 :

New course Graduate

First term offered :
Course Prefix&Number Descriptive Title Credits/Hours
INT 650 Teaching Meaning Transfer 3 -




Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces)
Teach mng transfer
Catalog Description:
Students prepare to teach translation, consecutive interpreting (CI), and simultaneous interpreting (SI). They use self-assessment, self-reflective, and research-based practices in teaching design and implementation.
Course Goal and Objectives:
Upon completing this course, students will be able to: ¿ Identify the stages of development in a student learning to transfer meaning between two (or more) languages. ¿ Create/deliver lesson plan(s) on the basic principles of meaning transfer in the translation task. ¿ Create/deliver lesson plan(s) on the basic principles of meaning transfer in the consecutive interpreting task. ¿ Create/deliver lesson plan(s) on the basic principles of meaning transfer in the simultaneous interpreting task. ¿ Refer to research-based practices in lesson plan development and during in-class delivery.
Justification for adding the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.):
New Program
Faculty and facilities needed:
No facilities needed. Year 1, no new faculty. Year 2, one more tenure line faculty needed.
Brief Course outline:
¿ Week 1: What is meaning transfer? ¿ Week 2: What are the complexities and challenges of meaning transfer? ¿ Week 3: What skills/tools are needed to successfully transfer meaning between languages (and people)? ¿ Week 4: In what order do the skills need to be learned/taught in order to build a strong foundation for meaning transfer? ¿ Week 5: Leading students through consumer assessment ¿ Week 6: Leading students through discourse analysis ¿ Week 7: Leading students through the potential pitfalls of ¿live¿ meaning transfer (CI/SI) ¿ Week 8: Leading students through the potential pitfalls, cont. ¿ Week 9: Using student data/feedback/grades to design future class sessions


Approval Queue C00133
Step Approver Decision Timestamp
1 - Department ----------------- ApprovedNovember 06 2009
2 - Division Elisa Maroney ApprovedDecember 01 2009
3 - Division Curriculum Mickey Pardew ApprovedDecember 03 2009
5 - Graduate Committee Mary Bucy ApprovedDecember 11 2009
6 - Faculty Senate Katherine Schmidt ApprovedFebruary 10 2010
7 - Dean Hilda Rosselli ApprovedMarch 05 2010
8 - Provost Kent Neely ApprovedMarch 10 2010


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