The Identity of the Professional Interpreter - How Professional Identities are Constructed in the Classroom (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This monograph examines how higher education(HE) institutions construct 'professional identities' in the classroom, specifically how dominant discourses in institutions frame the social role, requisite skills and character required to practice a profession, and how students navigate these along their academic trajectories. This book is based on a longitudinal case study of a prestigious HE institution specialising in training professional interpreters. Adopting an innovative research approach, it investigates a community of aspiring professionals in a HE context by drawing on small story narrative analysis from an ethnographic perspective to provide emic insights into the student community and the development of their social identities. The findings (contextualised by examining the curricula of similar institutions worldwide) suggest that interpreter institutions might not be providing students with a clear and comprehensive picture of the interpreter profession, and not responding to its increasingly complex role in today's society.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	February 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Alan James Runcieman
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	184
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-981-10-7822-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Translation & interpretation > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Promotions
LSN:	981-10-7822-X
Barcode:	9789811078224

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