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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 exercises throughout to highlight key concepts, provoke thought and encourage reader interaction. It deals fully with research in both conference and community interpreting, offering a variety of perspectives on both. Core areas such as reading and analyzing research literature, practical issues in research and producing research reports are all covered. This book is an indispensable tool for students and researchers of Interpreting as well as professionals and interpreter trainers.
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CHAPTER
ONE
What
is
research
and
why
do
we
do
it?
This
chapter
will:
●
Explore
the
meaning
of
research
and
the
reasons
for
doing
it
●
Provide
a
general
overview
of
research
concepts
●
Discuss
the
different
research
approaches
and
paradigms
●
Suggest
practical
ways
to
conduct
research
1.1
Introduction
B
efore
you
read
this
chapter,
ask
yourself
the
following
questions
and
write
down
your
answers.
●
What
is
research?
●
Why
do
research?
After
you
have
read
the
chapter,
ask
yourself
the
same
questions
again,
write
your
answers
down
and
compare
your
answers
before
and
after
you
have
read
the
chapter.
Once
you
have
done
that,
you
will
have
completed
a
mini
research
project,
using
the
‘pre-
and
post-
intervention
method’.
Exercise
1.1
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?
- Chapter Two: Critical reading and writing
- Chapter Three: Questionnaires in interpreting research
- Chapter Four: Ethnographic research on interpreting
- Chapter Five: Discourse analysis in interpreting research
- Chapter Six: Experimental methods in interpreting research
- Chapter Seven: Research on interpreting education and assessment
- Chapter Eight: Conducting and disseminating interpreting research
- Reference
- Index