Training transversal competences in a bachelor’s degree in translation and interpreting: preliminary evidence from a clinical trial

Cásedas, Luis; Funes, María Jesús; Ouellet, Marc; Quesada, María Luisa Calvache

doi:10.1080/1750399x.2022.2148964

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“…Preliminary results suggested that the T&I students that took a mindfulness-based course improved transversal competences such as dispositional mindfulness (i.e., the ability to attend to, be aware of, and accept present-moment experience), adaptive emotional regulation, emotional intelligence, and cultural intelligence. In addition, it was found that both programmes led to a reduction of stress, maladaptive emotional regulation, and spontaneous mindwandering [31].…”

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Bridging the Gap between Academia and Society: Research, Training and Strategic Alliances for Sustainable Development

Posadas de Julián,

Verdejo Lucas,

De Rueda Villén

et al. 2024

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We are currently facing a potential ‘polycrisis’, a critical inflection point that requires a whole-of-society response aimed at building collective foresight and preparedness for short-, medium-, and long-term risks. The role of higher education institutions and social stakeholders is decisive to make an impact. This paper depicts the alignment of academia, governance, and industry with the aim to challenge, inspire, and encourage universities to go beyond commodified courses and mere employability, enhance student growth and bind macro-scale measures that lead to a sustainable future. A modest teaching innovation project has served as a transforming lever, with the private sector joining in, to create a platform that reaches more than 50 000 undergraduate students and teaching staff. The resulting structure, rooted in the University’s strategic plan, has served to channel local and regional initiatives, establish effective partnerships with broad social members, raise awareness and promote actions to advance in the pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals. Chronology, materials and methodology, together with a description of the different courses, programmes and actions are provided. The paper concludes with some recommendations for future research, policy and cooperation among stakeholders. Research methodology posted on clinicaltrials.gov under ID NCT04392869, NCT05598944, and NCT05775978.

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Section: The First Teaching Innovation Project: Turning Research Into...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Bridging the Gap between Academia and Society: Research, Training and Strategic Alliances for Sustainable Development

Posadas de Julián,

Verdejo Lucas,

De Rueda Villén

et al. 2024

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“…144 Cultural intelligence, on the other hand, is a set of cognitive and motivational abilities that help individuals adjust to and perform effectively in culturally diverse situations. 145 Prior studies showed that academic self-efficacy is a strong predictor of translation technology competence, as it allows students to build the necessary skills and confidence to use the technology effectively. 109 Academic selfefficacy is also related to cultural intelligence, as it improves students' confidence in bridging cultural differences and developing an understanding of the target culture.…”

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“…Cultural intelligence can help students to better understand the implications of the translated text by machine translation and how to postedit the results accordingly. This allows students to create translations that are more accurate and effective in different contexts, 145 further enhancing their performance in translation technology. Critical thinking was found to have a direct effect on cultural intelligence, as it encourages individuals to be more openminded and less biased in their judgments.…”

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The Effect of Critical Thinking on Translation Technology Competence Among College Students: The Chain Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy and Cultural Intelligence

Li¹,

Gao²,

Liao³

2023

PRBM

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Background: It is increasingly essential for translators to possess a high level of technological proficiency to succeed in their work, as technology is becoming an integral part and common practice of the translation industry. Several previous studies found that critical thinking, academic self-efficacy, and cultural intelligence independently influenced the translation competence of college students. However, the underlying psychological mechanism through which these salient factors affect student translators' technology competence has not been fully explored. Therefore, this research sought to examine the systematic interactions between critical thinking, academic self-efficacy, cultural intelligence, and translation technology competence among college students. Methods: This study adopted an empirical approach to collect data from 663 seniors from 7 colleges in China. The questionnaires of the Critical Thinking Disposition Scale (CTDS), General Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (GASE), Short Form measure of Cultural Intelligence (SFCQ), and Translation Technology Competence Scale (TTCS) were used for the online survey. The quantitative data were investigated by employing descriptive statistics with SPSS 27, covariance-based structural equation modelling with AMOS 24 to test the proposed hypotheses by assessing relationships between observed and latent variables, and bootstrap method with PROCESS 3.5 to examine the mediating effects. Results: Critical thinking, academic self-efficacy, and cultural intelligence were significant predictors of students' translation technology competence. Additionally, academic self-efficacy and cultural intelligence acted as independent and chain mediators in the relationship between critical thinking and student translators' technology competence. Conclusion:The findings provide valuable insight into how psychological factors, including critical thinking, academic self-efficacy, and cultural intelligence, can impact students' competence in translation technology. This study contributes to future research and practices that seek to understand how these psychological factors can be leveraged to promote students' success in translation technologies.

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“…The methodology and protocol of the study were registered at clinicaltrials.gov, the U.S. National Library of Medicine database (Identifier NCT04392869) and its impact measured. According to preliminary results, all experimental groups experienced improvements in all outcome measures (e.g., emotion regulation, stress levels, and attention), despite the fact that the course and the parallel study took place during the COVID-19 pandemic (Cásedas et al, 2022).…”

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Are we teaching what they need? Going beyond employability in Translation Studies

Ayuso

Soler

Quesada

2022

hikma

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As lecturers and researchers in translation and interpreting, we are aware of the need to design curricula so that students are well equipped, and able to respond to the requirements of modern society. In the world today, there is an evident gap between what is actually taught in higher education and what should be taught to meet student needs. Even though various studies have already focused on the impact of constructs, such as self-regulation, empathy, or creativity, on performance quality, there is still a long way to go. In order to bridge this gap and highlight the role of the university as a transformational agent, our study uses LifeComp, the European framework for the personal, social, and learning to learn key competence. The objective of this research was firstly to discover the transversal competences that are most highly valued by employers in the language industry sector; and secondly, to identify the competences that need more attention in curricula. For this purpose, a questionnaire-based study was designed and administered to translation companies based in Spain. The results obtained indicate that these competences are necessary to foster employability as well as real wealth creation in a lifelong learning context. This study is part of a broader project within the LifeComp framework, in which a competence-based psycho-educational intervention was designed and is now integrated in the translation and interpreting degree programme at the University of Granada (Spain). Keywords: Competence-based learning, LifeComp, Curriculum design, Higher education, Employability

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Training transversal competences in a bachelor’s degree in translation and interpreting: preliminary evidence from a clinical trial

Cited by 6 publications

References 62 publications

Bridging the Gap between Academia and Society: Research, Training and Strategic Alliances for Sustainable Development

Bridging the Gap between Academia and Society: Research, Training and Strategic Alliances for Sustainable Development

The Effect of Critical Thinking on Translation Technology Competence Among College Students: The Chain Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy and Cultural Intelligence

Are we teaching what they need? Going beyond employability in Translation Studies

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