Aptitude for Interpreting

1. Introduction; 2. Aptitude for interpreting; 3. Articles; 4. Aptitude testing over the years (by Russo, Mariachiara); 5. Learning styles, motivation and cognitive flexibility in interpreter training: Self-selection and aptitude (by Timarova, Sarka); 6. A story of attitudes and aptitudes?: Investigating individual difference variables within the context of interpreting (by Rosiers, Alexandra); 7. Cognitive and motivational contributors to aptitude: A study of spoken and signed language interpreting students (by Shaw, Sherry); 8. Evaluating emotional stability as a predictor of interpreter competence and aptitude for interpreting (by Bontempo, Karen); 9. Domain-general cognitive abilities and simultaneous interpreting skill (by Macnamara, Brooke N.); 10. Testing aptitude for interpreting: The predictive value of oral paraphrasing, with synonyms and coherence as assessment parameters (by Russo, Mariachiara); 11. Assessing aptitude for interpreting: The SynCloze test (by Pochhacker, Franz); 12. Putting interpreting admissions exams to the test: The MA KD Germersheim Project (by Chabasse, Catherine); 13. About the authors; 14. Index