ABSTRACT

In this chapter student interpreter uses a number of different note-taking formats to learn how to: view a speech as whole, single message, made up of related parts, divide a speech up into its component parts, summarize the main message of each section of a speech, and note an entire speech and its component parts on a single page. There are many ways to approach the analysis of a speech to be interpreted in consecutive. Creating a mind map requires an understanding and analysis of the incoming speech, and it is this that is so useful for interpreters. The very act of making student interpreter draws a mind map forces them to dissect the speech, and that in turn means they listen far more attentively than the normal listener. The object, building, machine, landscape – whatever it might be – will be their note-pad and mind map.