Gender Differences & Interpreting: What On Earth Does S/He Mean?

Product Information

- 6 hours/0.6 CEUs.

This workshop will establish a foundation covering conversational differences between women and men, including differences in how we do things with talk. Participants are asked to think about the ways in which they are hearing messages from both women and men. Portions of videotaped research will be shown and then participants will be given scenarios to discuss and propose interpretations. Key topics: ways of talking, women and men conversational styles, interpreting for women and men. Interpreters have to think about themselves as women or men and then think about the ways in which they are listening to women and men.

Educational Objectives:

• Participants will be able to identify and describe differences in women and men’s conversational style.
• Participants will be able to read or listen to a dialogue and speculate on the intent and effect of the message meaning.
• Participants will be able to describe their own reactions to conversational meanings and speculate on possible other interpretations.

Content Knowledge Level = Some and Teaching

Price: $89.70

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