Soft Skills: Adding the Human Component to Curricula
Item
-
Title
-
Soft Skills: Adding the Human Component to Curricula
-
Creator
-
Elizabeth Crane
-
Degree Name
-
Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies
-
Project Type
-
thesis
-
Date
-
6/9/2022
-
Abstract
-
The purpose of this research is to explore whether there are skills professionals need in addition to their academic program courses. Specifically, this research examines if interpreters need more than linguistic competency to be successful. The literature across various professions states that recent graduates have gaps in their education, those gaps are “soft skills.” A survey was developed to explore what recent interpreting graduates needed in addition to language skills. 116 different interpreting entities participated. The survey results parallel those of the literature review: soft skills are a requirement for success. Linguistic competency is not enough to be a holistic interpreter. There is a call to action across professions to inculcate soft skills into hard skill course curriculums. This can be achieved through student-centered classrooms and soft skills can be assessed using portfolios instead of standard rubrics.
-
Committee Member
-
Amanda Smith, Gordon Kokx, Erin Trine
-
Rights
-
Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 10/28/2022, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author at the email address listed above.
-
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
-
Language
-
eng
-
Date Available
-
7/11/2022
-
Type
-
Text
-
Identifier
-
theses/220
Full Text PDF