QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PARTICIPANTS
This Professional Interpreter Training Program aims to provide you, prospectus or intended interpreters,full-time or part-time interpreters, with necessary professional skills and knowledge to fully realize your goal.
Your careful responses to these questions will help us plan the programto meet your needs.
This questionnaire consists of two parts:
Part One will help us establish your personal profile;
Part Two will tell us more about your interpretation experience, your English proficiency, and your expectations of this training program.
Please take the time now to respond to the questions as well as you can. Your answers will be confidential.
Part One
Please tell us about yourself:
Name:______
Organization: ______
Address: ______
Gender: M: F:
Age: (check one)20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Mobile phone: ______
Telephone: ______
Email: ______
Country of higher education (undergraduate and graduate) studies: ______
Qualifications obtained:______
Degree:______
Subject:______
Qualifications obtained (continued) ______
Degree:______
Subject:______
In your view, what are most important capabilities/characteristics to be trained for interpreters?
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List three things you like/dislike about the job of interpreters:
Like:______
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Dislike: ______
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Part Two
Please answer the following questions
1) List three reasons for participating in this program:
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2) I would evaluate my English skills as follows (check one):
I understand, read, write and speak with native fluency
I understand, read, write and speak with near-native fluency
I understand and read with native fluency but have difficulties with active production
I have some difficulties with understanding and reading English
Please elaborate: ______
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3) I would like to improve my command of English (check all that apply):
in general
in personal interactions
in professional interactions (with supervisors, colleagues etc.)
as an interpreter
as an interpreter for multilateral meetings (consecutive/simultaneous)
4) At work, I sometimes find people speaking in English challenging
NoSometimesYes
If your answer is“Sometimes”or “Yes”, then (check all that apply):
possible reasons: speed of delivery
US speakers of English
other Anglophone native accents (e.g. UK, Australia, etc.) specify______
non-native accents
idiomatic language
quoting from written documents
cultural references (sport, religious, etc)
other(s) (specify)______
5) I would like to improve the following in the quality of my interpretation:
pronunciation
fluency
idiomatic expression
speed of delivery
knowledge of different cultural references
grammatical accuracy other(s) (specify)______
6) I would like this program to cover the following specific substances and techniques: ______
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7) When I am interpreting consecutively, I am aware that the following specific challenges arise (be as specific as you can):
When I interpret from Vietnamese into English
a)Linguistic challenges (e.g. long sentences, ambiguity etc.)______
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b)Other challenges (e.g. cultural) ______
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c)Stress (e.g. working conditions)______
When I interpret from English into Vietnamese
a)Linguistic challenges (specify) ______
______
b)Other______
______
c)Stress (e.g. working conditions)______
8) The fact that my audience monitors my work affects my interpretation
Yes Sometimes No
Specify:______
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9) I would like this program to include work with the following interpretation materials (check any that apply):
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Education and Training
Mass Media
Tourism
Environment
Career development
Religions
Entertainments
Love
Children
Cultures
Corruption
Globalization
ODA
FDI
Sustainable Development
Gender Equality
Death Penalty
Capital market
Corruption
Poverty Reduction
Millennium Goals
Natural Disasters
National Security
Public Administrative Reform
Health
Other(s) (please specify)
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What specifically do you like in each of your chosen topics: ______
10) I have participated in professional interpreter training courses before
Yes No
If yes, describe______
11) I enjoy learning (check any that apply)
in groups with activities
alone
by being told what to do by the teacher
by experimenting with different strategies
by watching others work
other(s) (specify)______
12) I prefer to receive feedback (check any that apply)
openly in the group
privately from the teacher
at the time, as soon as I make a mistake
after the exercise
orally
in writing
other (specify)______
13) My expectations of what I will achieve from this Professional Interpreter Training Program, are (please be as specific as you can):
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Thank you for completing this questionnaire!
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