Professional qualifications in Public Service Interpreting (PSI) only carry a value if they are combined with appropriate education. This paper starts by commenting on shortcomings of the Diploma in Public Service Interpreting, which is the most widespread qualification to access the profession in the United Kingdom. Current training courses mainly offer a skill based approach and they are summative assessment led, with little awareness of pedagogical principles. This paper is an attempt to define a pedagogy that relates to PSI training. It argues that PSI training has to evolve to become PSI education. A much deeper understanding of the influence of pedagogy in PSI education is essential for PSI to engage in an open debate on its professionalization.
Van De Walle, Céline, Defrancq Bart, Deveugele Myriam & Van Praet Ellen
2020. Communicative hurdles in multilingual interpreter-mediated consultations: what trainee data teach us. The Interpreter and Translator Trainer 14:3 ► pp. 322 ff.
Mikkelson, Holly, Amy Slay, Patricia Szasz & Bob Cole
2018. Embedding reflection throughout the postgraduate translation curriculum: using Communities of Practice to enhance training. The Interpreter and Translator Trainer 12:4 ► pp. 388 ff.
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