Interpreting competence is an important part of international communication ability as interpreting is an indispensable part of international communication. Given this, the former determines to a large degree how the latter works. To promote a student’s ability to communicate internationally and to enable them to apply what they have learned and put that into practice, the author created and piloted a Liaison Interpreting course. This course added the teaching content of communication studies on top of the established teaching mode of “interpreting topics + skills”, conducted moral cultivation of a whole person, and refined the teaching method with interpreting continuation task. To determine the effect, a blended evaluation mode has been used including a peer assessment conducted with 5 teachers, a questionnaire with 30 students, semi-lectured interviews with 10 students randomly. Results showed that the attempt proved to be feasible and effective and that students and instructor’s peers generally accepted the teaching reform even though a small number of students remained unclear about their learning objectives and the effect on their learning. The findings of this paper may provide some reference and understanding for the teaching of other interpreting courses.

Chuanxia Mo. Enhancement of International Communication Ability in Liaison Interpreting Course. Frontiers in Educational Research (2023) Vol. 6, Issue 4: 32-39. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2023.060407.

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