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Accreditation of Interpreter Training Courses Curriculum in Bachelors of English Translation in Iranian Universities
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This descriptive study attempts to see to what extent interpreter training courses offered in bachelor’s degree of English translation in Iranian universities are able to prepare students by teaching them the necessary skills of interpreting. Semi-structured interviews with experts and review of literature were used to find the skills required in interpreter training. A researcher made questionnaire, containing 69 items with a four point Likert scale was made to find out how much the students felt they had learned each necessary skill during their courses. A total of 103 students from six different universities completed the questionnaire. SPSS 17 was used to the analysis the data. The data gathered revealed that 67% of the students received a mean score of less than half the highest possible score. There was a significant difference between the six universities (P<0.001). The results of this study can be used by curriculum planners in the reformation and improvement of interpreter training courses.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.4n.6p.1
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