GERMAN LANGUAGE MEDIATION I

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

L0324

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in LINGUISTIC MEDIATION AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Disciplinary Sector:

German Language and Translation

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

GIARDINELLI EVITA

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

114

Prerequisites:

Language proficiency required: A2/B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Objectives

The main objective of the course is to gradually develop, through exercises in oral discourse analysis, the ability to concentrate, selective listening and memorization, as well as the strategies of synthesis and reformulation for text types taken from current communicative contexts. The course aims to provide students with the cultural and technical background that will allow them to act as mediators in different areas, especially in commercial and health care contexts.
This course aims to achieve the following results according to the Dublin descriptors:
- Knowledge and ability to understand the German language, supported by adequate metalinguistic reflection, with particular regard to the specialized languages of the commercial and health sectors. Good cultural preparation related to the German language. The overall language proficiency level to be achieved in German is at least B1 (CEFR intermediate level).
- Highly developed communication skills in one's own mother tongue.
- Autonomy of judgment and organizational autonomy at the operational level;
- Independent learning skills in building linguistic and cultural connections within the context of language and communication and cultural competencies.

Contents

The 36-hour module (6 cfu) aims to develop the students' skills of selective listening, memorization, synthesis, oral reformulation in Italian and German, and public speaking. Students will practice the role of the interpreter in situations close to the reality of liaison interpretation, paying particular attention to the techniques to be adopted for a professional performance.
The didactic material used in class will be adapted on the basis of the linguistic and cultural knowledge of the students enrolled in the second year of the course (CEFR level A2-B1). It will mainly be based on the tools and resources provided by the European Commission for interpreter training (ORCIT and SCICtrain)
The aim of the course is to provide students with the first notions of negotiation interpreting, focusing in particular on the following aspects
- the profile and role of the negotiation interpreter, the skills required, how to acquire them and which tools to use
- the management of the interaction between the parties in a dialogic situation on the basis of practical exercises

Extended Syllabus

After an initial introduction to the basic concepts of language mediation, the profile of the interlingual-cultural mediator in the main areas of work (health, legal, institutional and commercial), the course includes a series of preparatory exercises, which will consist of
o analysis of dialogues in Italian and German,
o preparation of short speeches prepared at the time in Italian and German,
o Terminology research and compilation of professional glossaries.
o Introduction to sight translation from and into German;
In the second part of the course, there are exercises in listening, memorization and synthesis of audiovisual material, which examine interpreting in the fields of business, institutions and health care. In the second part of the course, listening exercises, memorization and synthesis of authentic audiovisual material are proposed, which examine interpreting in the fields of business, institutions and health.
The simulations of negotiation interpreting will focus on subjects of no particular lexical difficulty.
Gradually more difficult types of texts related to topics closely related to the professional areas mentioned will be addressed. In this sense, the aim is to provide the student with the necessary tools to deepen his/her oral language skills, to develop the ability to analyze cultural aspects in mediation and to reflect on verbal and non-verbal communication channels in the interpreting process.

Recommended Bibliography

For further study of mediation and interpretation
- Broghelli Hafer, Donatella, Gengaroli Bauer, Cora, Italiani e tedeschi. Aspetti di comunicazione interculturale, Roma, Carocci, 2011.
- Carraro-Tomanek, Annamaria, Manuale dell’interprete di trattativa: Interprete di trattativa – una professione polivalente, Milano, 2001.
- Chessa, Francesca, Interpretazione dialogica. Le competenze per la mediazione linguistica, 2013.
- Cinato-Kather, Lucia, Mediazione linguistica. Tedesco-italiano, 2011.
- Di Meola, Claudio, La linguistica tedesca. Roma, Bulzoni, 2007.
- Gillies, Andrew, Conference Interpreting. A Student’s practice book, 2013.
- Monacelli, Claudia, Interpreti si diventa! Una finestra su una professione tanto affascinante quanto impegnativa, Franco Angeli ed., Milano, 2015.
- Russo, M., Mack, G. 2005, Interpretazione di trattativa. La mediazione linguistico-culturale nel contesto formativo e professionale, Milano: Hoepli.
- Russo, M. 2021, Interpretare da e verso l’italiano. Didattica e innovazione per la formazione dell’interprete, Bologna: Bononia University Press.
- Schwitalla, Johannes, Gesprochenes Deutsch: Eine Einführung. Berlin, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2003.
- Todaro, Luca, Anticipazione e riformulazione. Strategie e abilità dell'interprete, 2013.

Teaching Methods

Classes are held in the form of workshops and are organized according to a defined scheme that combines theoretical aspects with a substantial practical part.
The theoretical aspects will be transmitted through the material presented by the teacher in class and with in-depth readings assigned to students during the course. Their acquisition is verified, as well as in the final test, through periodic individual and group reports in class.
The practical component consists of exercises in memorization, synthesis and exposition of oral text in Italian and German both in class and at home, with subsequent class discussion of the problems that emerged during the exercise, aimed at solving them together with the teacher.
The topics and terminology covered in class and the related interpreting simulations represent, on the one hand, the didactic material available to the student, and, on the other hand, serve as a starting point for a more in-depth study of the skills required of the interpreter and the principles at the basis of his/her code of ethics.
During each lesson, students will be given feedback with precise indications of strengths and weaknesses to work on. The mode of work is in groups and individually.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The examination will consist of an oral test including:
(a) A sight translation from German into Italian of approx. 10-15 lines of a newspaper article. For students who are native speakers of German, the test will be carried out from Italian into German.
b) An interpretation test of about 15 minutes on a speech in German. The choice of the examination text will be based on the topics covered in class.
The oral test aims at verifying the student's oral translation, mediation and communication skills.
At the end of the course each student gives an oral presentation in Italian and/or German, supported by a presentation program (Power Point, Canva, Google Presentations, Prezi, etc.). The presentations may be individual or a group work.
The presentation aims to test the student's mastery of the theoretical criteria and principles of Italian-German liaison interpreting, the theories of interpreting and their practical application, as well as communication skills and the learning of specialist Italian-German vocabulary.
The overall final grade is expressed in thirtieths.

Contacts/More Information

Non-attending students are requested to contact the teacher in due advance so as to define a specific programme.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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