METHODOLOGICAL BASIS FOR TEACHING SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION FROM ENGLISH INTO RUSSIAN AND VICE VERSA TO SENIOR STUDENTS OF LANGUAGE FACULTY

Abstract

The article studies modern methods underlying teaching of simultaneous interpretation to students of language universities. The author divides the teaching methods into several stages: initial (for students of the first-second years of study) and basic (for senior students). According to the author, the approach to teaching of simultaneous interpretation should be based on the principle of so called “from simple to complex” in order to constantly “warm up” student motivation and prevent its decline. The author considers the psycholinguistic features of simultaneous interpretation. Cognitive mechanisms functioning in the process of simultaneous interpretation are studied there in detail. The author’s definition of simultaneous interpretation in its narrow sense is formulated in the article. The article outlines the basics of the author’s methodology for teaching senior students simultaneous translation from English into Russian and vice versa. These methods are actively used by the author in her teaching activities.