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Linguistics in the Netherlands 2013Edited by Suzanne Aalberse and Anita Auer
[Linguistics in the Netherlands 30] 2013
► pp. 201–213
Effects of immediate repetition at different stages of consecutive interpreting training
An experimental study
Wenting Yu | Shanghai International Studies University
Vincent J. van Heuven | Leiden University
The present study investigates whether immediate repetition improves consecutive interpreting performance during training. In addition, the study tries to shed light on whether the effects of immediate repetition differ between BA and MA interpreting trainees. In the experiment, ten raters judged six major quality measures of the accuracy and fluency of the interpreting output recorded from seven BA trainees and five MA trainees. The seventh quality measure expressed linguistic complexity as the number of clauses per AS-unit. The results show that the main effects of repetition and proficiency are both significant on accuracy and fluency, but the main effects are absent on linguistic complexity. Moreover, in terms of fluency BA trainees benefit significantly more from repetition than MA trainees. Accuracy improvement through repetition does not differ significantly between the two groups. The results have implications for consecutive interpreting training at different stages.
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Published online: 18 November 2013
https://doi.org/10.1075/avt.30.15yu
https://doi.org/10.1075/avt.30.15yu
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