Graduate Certificate of Community Interpreting

Macquarie University

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Overview The Graduate Certificate of Community Interpreting is designed to meet the needs of interpreters working in the community from any language background.

Students will acquire the skills and knowledge to perform dialogue interpreting in a range of institutional settings common to community interpreting practice in Australia and overseas.

The course … For more content click the Read More button below.The Graduate Certificate of Community Interpreting is designed to meet the needs of interpreters working in the community from any language background.

Students will acquire the skills and knowledge to perform dialogue interpreting in a range of institutional settings common to community interpreting practice in Australia and overseas.

The course focuses on the practical application of skills and knowledge to interpreting practice.

Flexible delivery of the course is ideally suited to part-time study for practising professionals.Read More

Entry requirements

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Inherent requirements are the essential components of a course or program necessary for a student to successfully achieve the core learning outcomes of a course or program. Students must meet the inherent requirements to complete their Macquarie University course or program. For more information see https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/inherent-requirements. Inherent requirements for Macquarie University programs fall under the following categories:

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The physical inherent requirement is to have the physical capabilities to safely and effectively perform the activities necessary to undertake the learning activities and achieve the learning outcomes of an award.

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The inherent requirement for cognition is possessing the intellectual, conceptual, integrative and quantitative capabilities to undertake the learning activities and achieve the learning outcomes of an award.

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The inherent requirement for communication is the capacity to communicate information, thoughts and ideas through a variety of mediums and with a range of audiences.

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The behavioural inherent requirement is the capacity to sustain appropriate behaviour over the duration of units of study to engage in activities necessary to undertake the learning activities and achieve the learning outcomes of an award.

Learning outcomes

1. Demonstrate specialised skills and techniques required for community interpreting in a range of institutional contexts.
2. Review, analyse, consolidate and synthesize knowledge relevant to professional practice in community interpreting.
3. Apply critical thinking to generate and evaluate complex ideas relevant to the setting-specific characteristics of community interpreting practice, particularly in relation to discourse and role.
4. Generate creative solutions to complex problems arising in interpreting practice in relation to translational choices, interpersonal relations and professional conduct.
5. Effectively communicate an understanding of theoretical concepts relevant to community interpreting practice to clients, peers and employers.
6. Make high-level independent judgements in relation to ethical problems arising in practice.
7. Initiate, plan, implement and evaluate strategies to maintain and improve interpreting skills and knowledge and bilingual language maintenance.

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