Research methods in interpreting : a practical resource

Research methods in interpreting : a practical resource / Sandra Hale and Jemina Napier.

This is the first book to deliver a comprehensive guide to research methods in all types of interpreting. It brings together the expertise of two world-recognized scholars in spoken and signed language interpreting to cover the full scope of the discipline. It features questions, prompts and exercis...

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Main Author: Hale, Sandra
Other Authors: Napier, Jemina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.
Series:Research methods in linguistics.
Subjects:
Translating and interpreting > Study and teaching.
Translating and interpreting > Research > Methodology.
Translating services.
Linguistic models.
Social research & statistics.
Translation & interpretation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Research.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Translating & Interpreting.
Linguistic models
Translating and interpreting > Research > Methodology
Translating and interpreting > Study and teaching
Translating services
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Table of Contents:
  • Title page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: What is research and why do we do it?; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What is research?; 1.3 Why do research?; 1.4 What is a theory?; 1.5 What to research?; 1.7 Why Interpreting research?; 1.8 Conclusion; Further reading; Notes; Chapter Two: Critical reading and writing; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The literature review; 2.3 The product; 2.4 The proposal; 2.5 Obtaining ethics approval; 2.6 Conclusion; Chapter Three: Questionnaires in interpreting research; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 What is a survey?
  • 3.3 When to choose questionnaires as a research method3.4 Questionnaire design; 3.5 Piloting; 3.6 Sampling; 3.7 Questionnaire administration; 3.8 Questionnaire analysis; 3.9 Review of questionnaire-based research in interpreting; Further reading; Note; Chapter Four: Ethnographic research on interpreting; 4.1 Introduction; 4.3 Contrasting traditional notions of ethnography with ideas of ethnography as qualitative research; 4.4 Application of traditional ethnographic methods in interpreting research.
  • 4.5 Other qualitative approaches to interpreting research that incorporate ethnographic principles4.6 Conclusion; Further reading; Notes; Chapter Five: Discourse analysis in interpreting research; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 What is discourse?; 5.3 What is discourse analysis?; 5.4 Conducting discourse analysis; 5.5 Conducting discourse analysis for interpreting research; 5.6 The data we analyse; 5.7 Transcriptions; Further reading; Note; Chapter Six: Experimental methods in interpreting research; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Experimental research as a quantitative research method.
  • 6.3 Basic principles of sound Experimental design6.4 Reliability and validity; 6.5 Typical experimental interpreting research designs; 6.6 Experimental interpreting research: What and why; 6.7 Sample experimental studies in interpreting research; 6.8 Conclusion; Further reading; Note; Chapter Seven: Research on interpreting education and assessment; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Adult education theory; 7.3 The role of educational research; 7.4 Educational research methodologies; 7.5 Planning and designing educational research; 7.6 Examples in interpreting education and assessment research.
  • 7.7 ConclusionFurther reading; Notes; Chapter Eight: Conducting and disseminating interpreting research; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Which research design? Traditional or innovative?; 8.3 Positioning yourself and your research; 8.3.2 Positioning your research: Where and how does it fit?; 8.4 Reporting the results; 8.5 How to disseminate?; 8.6 Application of findings; 8.7 Your future as an interpreting researcher; 8.8 Conclusion; Further reading; Notes; Reference; Index.

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