In this paper Kalina considers two issues of interpreter training on which contradictory views exist. She reviews the literature on the question whether consecutive should be taught before simultaneous interpreting (SI) and offers her own suggestions on the matter. Stressing the importance of reflexes and automatized processes in SI, Kalina advises anticipation tasks, requiring top-down strategies, cloze reading tasks and sight translations. A second issue under review is the use of the shadowing technique as a preparatory exercise for SI. Kalina advocates transformation tasks as valuable shadowing tasks.