MAS Interpreter Training 2024
This MAS equips professional interpreters with the necessary skillset to effectively and efficiently train interpreters for a variety of settings, including conference, public service, court, and medical.
Information
Period
Contact coordinator60 ECTS credits
60 ECTS credits (including 30 ECTS previously earned from CAS CIT, CAS SIT and DAS IT)
Language
EnglishFormat
Distance learningContribution to the SDGs
Objectives
- Acquire the comprehensive skillset required for successful training of interpreters at university level.
Audience
Professional interpreter wanting to acquire the comprehensive skillset required to train the next generation of interpreters using systematic teaching methods
Programme
4 thematic modules build on the skills acquired during the DAS in Interpreter Training enriching them with knowhow in areas required for university-level training of consecutive and simultaneous interpreters. In particular, the testing of aptitude as well as performance, but also feedback and assessment during (extended) training courses, alongside with the main ethical issues encountered in various types of interpreting. Finally, this Master’s degree provides participants with a basic grounding in research methodology necessary to supervise academic student work.
- Assessment: Potential and Performance
- Feedback: Content and Form
- Ethics: Teaching Professional Demeanor
- Supervising theses: Basic research methods
Director(s)
Prof. Kilian SEEBER, Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (FTI), University of Geneva
Admission criteria
Successful completion of the DAS IT.
Number of participants
The number of participants is adapted to the pedagogy chosen.
Contribution to the SDGs