QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PARTICIPANTS

This Professional Interpreter Training Program aims to provide you, prospectus or

intended interpreters, full-time or part-time interpreters, with necessary
professional skills and knowledge to fully realize your goal.
Your careful responses to these questions will help us plan the program to meet your
needs.
This questionnaire consists of two parts:
Part One will help us establish your personal profile;
Part Two will tell us more about your interpretation experience, your English
proficiency, and your expectations of this training program.
Please take the time now to respond to the questions as well as you can. Your answers
will be confidential.

Part One
Please tell us about yourself:
Name:_____________________________________________________________
Organization: _______________________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________________________
Gender:

M:

Age: (check one)

F:
20-30

30-40

40-50

50-60

Mobile phone: ________________________

Telephone: ___________________________
Email: _______________________________
Country of higher education (undergraduate and graduate) studies:
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Qualifications
obtained:__________________________________________________
Degree:______________________________________
Subject:______________________________________
Qualifications obtained (continued) ________________________________________
Degree:______________________________________
Subject:______________________________________
In your view, what are most important capabilities/characteristics to be trained for
interpreters?
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List three things you like/dislike about the job of interpreters:
Like:

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Dislike:

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Part Two
Please answer the following questions
1) List three reasons for participating in this program:
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2) I would evaluate my English skills as follows (check one):
I understand, read, write and speak with native fluency
I understand, read, write and speak with near-native fluency
I understand and read with native fluency but have difficulties with active
production
I have some difficulties with understanding and reading English
Please elaborate: _____________________________________________________
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3) I would like to improve my command of English (check all that apply):
in general
in personal interactions
in professional interactions (with supervisors, colleagues etc.)
as an interpreter
as an interpreter for multilateral meetings (consecutive/simultaneous)
4) At work, I sometimes find people speaking in English challenging
No

Sometimes

Yes

If your answer is Sometimes or Yes, then (check all that apply):

speed of delivery
US speakers of English
other Anglophone native accents (e.g.
UK, Australia, etc.) specify_________
non-native accents
idiomatic language
quoting from written documents
cultural references (sport, religious, etc)
other(s) (specify)_________________
5) I would like to improve the following in the quality of my interpretation:
possible reasons:

pronunciation
fluency
idiomatic expression
speed of delivery
knowledge of different cultural references
grammatical accuracy
other(s) (specify)__________________________

6) I would like this program to cover the following specific substances and
techniques:
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7) When I am interpreting consecutively, I am aware that the following specific
challenges arise (be as specific as you can):
When I interpret from Vietnamese into English
a) Linguistic challenges (e.g. long sentences, ambiguity etc.)
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b) Other challenges (e.g. cultural)
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c) Stress (e.g. working conditions)_____________________________
When I interpret from English into Vietnamese
a) Linguistic challenges (specify)
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b) Other__________________________________________________
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c) Stress (e.g. working conditions)_____________________________
8) The fact that my audience monitors my work affects my interpretation
Yes
Sometimes
No
Specify:______________________________________________________________
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9) I would like this program to include work with the following interpretation
materials (check any that apply):
Education and Training
Mass Media
Tourism
Environment
Career development
Religions
Entertainments
Love
Children
Cultures
Corruption
Globalization
ODA

FDI
Sustainable Development
Gender Equality
Death Penalty
Capital market
Corruption
Poverty Reduction
Millennium Goals
Natural Disasters
National Security
Public Administrative Reform
Health
Other(s) (please specify)
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What specifically do you like in each of your chosen topics:

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10) I have participated in professional interpreter training courses before
Yes

No

If yes,
describe___________________________________________________________
11) I enjoy learning (check any that apply)
in groups with activities
alone
by being told what to do by the teacher
by experimenting with different strategies
by watching others work
other(s) (specify)__________________________________________
12) I prefer to receive feedback (check any that apply)
openly in the group
privately from the teacher
at the time, as soon as I make a mistake
after the exercise
orally
in writing
other (specify)____________________________________________
13) My expectations of what I will achieve from this Professional Interpreter Training
Program, are (please be as specific as you can):
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Thank you for completing this questionnaire!