The Identity of the Professional Interpreter How Professional Identities are Constructed in the Classroom /

• Main Author: Runcieman, Alan James (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Translation and interpretation.; Language and languages-Study and teaching.; Literature-Translations.; Interpreting.; Language Education.; Translation Studies.

This monograph examines how higher education(HE) institutions construct 'professional identities' in the classroom, specifically how dominant discourses in institutions frame the social role, requisite skills and character required to practice a profession, and how students navigate these...

Table of Contents:

• Researching HE Institutions for Professional Training
• The History of Interpreting as a Profession
• Narrative Research and Ethnography
• Carrying out Research in the Field
• Principal Themes
• Data Analysis: Teacher Talk about Interpreting
• Data Analysis: Language Levels and Interpreting
• Data Analysis: Students and the Institution
• A Summary of the Principal Findings
• Improving and Extending Research in the Field.