Foreign language anxiety (FLA) has been identified as a crucial affective factor in language
learning. Similar to the situation in language classes, university students in interpretation …

Numerous interpreter training programmes have been developed to meet the demands for
high quality interpreting. Most, if not all, universities of Hong Kong offer interpreting courses …

This paper focuses on two basic issues: the anxiety-generating nature of the interpreting
task and the relevance of interpreter trainees' academic self-concept. The first has already …

The Middle East and North Africa form a vast region stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the
West to Pakistan in the East and the Caucasus and/or Central Asia in the north. At present …

Many studies can be found on translation teaching and students' perceptions of different
classroom prac-tices. However, few studies have focused on how translator trainers view the …

Back-interpreting practice refers to interpreting the translated version of a speech back to its
source language. The learning opportunities provided by backinterpreting practice can be …

This research assesses the effectiveness of Blended Learning (BL) in reducing English-
speaking anxiety among STEM students. Language anxiety hinders engagement and …

This chapter attempts to address the issue of freedom-responsibility nexus in the era of
Education 5.0, defining and establishing the rationale between freedom and responsibility …

Many users of a second language, especially English, have little productive mastery of the
language. Rather, some requirement in their life forces them to use limited subroutines …

Human beings have remarkable ability of telling in one language what was first told in
another language (Gutt, 2000: 205). The process of globalization has highlighted the role of …