Package Description

With Guest Trainer of Trainers Rachel E. Herring, M.A.

Continuing Education Approval: CCHI 1.25 instructional hours 

Dialogue interpreting is a complex cognitive activity carried out in a dynamic environment. Developing competence at the interpreting task requires that novices acquire and refine necessary skills. The interpreter trainer can facilitate this process by taking a systematic and structured approach to designing learning activities. 

In this webinar, participants: 

1. Learned about basic concepts in skill acquisition and expertise studies as applied to interpreting.
2. Were introduced to a systematic approach to interpreting-skill acquisition and goal-focused practice.
3. Practiced adapting material and exercises to focus on specific skills or subskills of interpreting.

This was a two-hour webinar with a stretch break.  Participants were asked to apply the concepts presented in the webinar to their own training context.  If you are watching the video recording, you may want to have pen and paper or word-processing software readily available.

About the presenter:

Rachel E. Herring holds an M.A. in Translation and Interpreting from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and a Masters of Advanced Studies in Interpreter Training from the University of Geneva, where she is currently pursuing doctoral studies. She teaches interpreting at Century College (Minnesota) and is an interpreter at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. She has presented on interpreting and interpreter training in a variety of venues, and is involved in the National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare's webinar series for trainers. Her academic work centers on expertise studies, with a focus on cognitive processes, skill acquisition, and self-regulation.

This live webinar took place on July 24, 2014.

Register to view this webinar recording by clicking here.