Papers by Kirri Dangerfield
part-time interpreter training is offered in Technical and Further Education Colleges (TAFEs), i.... more part-time interpreter training is offered in Technical and Further Education Colleges (TAFEs), i.e., community colleges, at Diploma and Advanced Diploma levels for paraprofessional and professional level accreditation respectively. Macquarie University in Sydney and RMIT University in Melbourne are currently the only NAATI-approved programs that offer training to Auslan interpreters at postgraduate level. See Bontempo & Levitzke-Gray (2009) for further discussion of interpreter training in Australia.
The purpose of this case study was to track the progression of a novice interpreter’s use of self... more The purpose of this case study was to track the progression of a novice interpreter’s use of self-reflective practice while interpreting a series of six University lecture segments, in a controlled environment over a period of three months. It became evident that the novice interpreter in this case study was able to articulate a variety of coping strategies used, and found improvements in her self-reflective practice skills. The results of this study support key suggestions in the literature: that interpreters need to be motivated to aim for expertise by improving their skills through self-reflective practices, via supported environments such as ongoing mentorship, training and professional development. This longitudinal case study was developed as a multi-methods qualitative study that triangulated three forms of data (quasi-experimental, ethnographic, and retrospective), comparing the novice interpreter’s performance through observations from both the researcher and the participan...
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Papers by Kirri Dangerfield