8 press conference

Business Interpreting Lesson Plan Unit 8

1 Unit Eight

Press Conference and Story Retelling I

Teaching Plan

Teacher:

Class Profile: 04BE 1

Estimated time: 100 min. in 2 periods

I. Unit Objectives

1. Ss understand the importance and process of memory in interpreting.

2. Ss find ways to improve your interpreting skills and performance.

3. Ss master the basic words and expressions about.

4. Ss know some cultural background knowledge about China’s foreign policy.

II Materials and/or equipment

1. Business Interpreting

2. Other reference materials prepared by the teacher

3. Overhead projector

4. Computer

III Focus Points and Teaching Procedures

First period (50 minutes)

Phase 1 Preparing 50 m

I. Simulation 15 m

 Divide the students into several groups, ask them to role-play the following situations.

They can make dialogues or speeches according to the words and expressions they have

learned in the language bank acting as the Chinese speaker, English speaker and the

interpreter respectively. One group will be invited to perform in class.

Easy 400 ituation

As a sale director of an electronics company, you are to make a presentation to launch your

new model of telephone answering machines at a trade fair. Your presentation should cover

the main features of the new model and emphasize its selling points. The following extract

from a sales brochure will give you some product ideas, but you are encouraged to put in

any information you wish to add about the company and its products. Business Interpreting Lesson Plan Unit 8

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 While the students are doing the simulation interpretation, ask the other groups to make

assessment with their group members on the assessment form with the criterion given. In the

end the teacher will ask the representatives to show the assessment form and then make some

comment on the performance and assessment as well.

Peer's Assessment Form

1. Delivery A B C D

1.1 Is the articulation or intonation unnatural? □ □ □ □

1.2 Are there any irritating outburst or exaggerated fillers? □ □ □ □

1.3 Are there any excessive repairs or unfinished sentences? □ □ □ □

1.4 Is the voice unpleasant or unconvincing? □ □ □ □

2. Language

2.1 Are there any irritating mispronunciations? □ □ □ □

2.2 Are there any irritating grammatical mistakes? □ □ □ □

2.3 Are there any unidiomatic expressions? □ □ □ □

3. Coherence

3.1 Are there any abrupt beginnings or endings? □ □ □ □ Business Interpreting Lesson Plan Unit 8

3 3.2 Is the performance incoherent? □ □ □ □

3.3 Is the message implausible or illogical? □ □ □ □

4. Loyalty

4.1 Are there any significant omissions? □ □ □ □

4.2 Are there any unjustified changes? □ □ □ □

4.3 Are there any unjustified additions? □ □ □ □

II. Theory & Techniques: Story Retelling I 20m

 Warm-up activity

 Presentation:

1. Memory in interpreting

1) Memory and Meaning

2) Two Types of Memory

3) short-term and long-term memory.

2. The Process of Memory

1) encoding（编码）information,

2) storing（储存） information,

3) retrieving（恢复）information,

III. Phrase Interpreting 5 m

 Chinese- English

 English-Chinese

IV. Sentence Interpreting 10 m