This module will provide participants with an introduction to a range of research approaches and methods. It can also serve as a foundation and direct link to...

This module will provide participants with an introduction to a range of research approaches and methods. It can also serve as a foundation and direct link to students’ dissertations, as a key part of the module assignment is a research proposal that might feed into students’ dissertations or reports. In the module, we will consider the purposes of research knowledge; the variable and shifting status of ‘evidence’; the disciplinary, conceptual and political locations of research and underlying epistemological questions about the knowledge claims produced by research. The module will develop students’ capacities to read as well as engage in education research. Students will be invited to explore the sorts of questions that might be asked, and answered, by educational research. Moving on, we will think about the implications of these questions for designing research as well as engaging, or even influencing policy and practice. The role of the researcher, their relationship with the researched, and the ethical dimensions of this will be key considerations.

This module introduces different modes of oral interpreting, such as Liaison, Public Service, Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting. Through lectures,...

This module introduces different modes of oral interpreting, such as Liaison, Public Service, Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting. Through lectures, seminars, discussions and project work, students will be exposed to issues and challenges that they are likely to encounter in their future career. Students will also develop preparation and note-taking skills. Topics to be covered include the code of conduct, the role of the interpreter, cultural issues, and other elements essential for professional interpreters. This module is not language-specific: it is taught in English and all the activities are carried out in English. 

Students eligible for this module must pre-register for their preferred language combination prior to enrolment and normally before the 31st of July. SELCS/CMII will send pre-registration instructions to eligible offer holders. We cannot guarantee that any given language combination will run unless this deadline is strictly adhered to. Native language competence in: Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Russian. 

English language level: Advanced 