Community Interpreting Assessment Session

About this course

This online assessment session introduces the field of community interpreting and explains the next stage of training. Participants can ask questions about working as an interpreter before completing two English assessments: a free-writing exercise and an oral assessment led by the tutor. The assessments examine the accuracy of written and spoken English and are used to determine readiness for the Preparing for Community Interpreting course. Successful candidates receive information about enrolling on that course.

What you'll learn

• Explore the field of community interpreting.
• Demonstrate written English through a free-writing assessment.
• Demonstrate spoken English in an oral assessment.

Is this course right for you?

The session is intended for adults aged 18 or over who use English fluently across listening, speaking, reading and writing, and can communicate fluently in one of the listed community languages. Applicants need English at Entry Level 3 or above and should be able to use Microsoft Word, email attachments and Zoom.

• Suitable for people who are new to interpreting as well as those already working professionally.
• Applicants need fluency in a community language such as Arabic, Bengali, French, Mandarin, Polish, Spanish or Urdu.
• The session assesses both written and spoken English.

Before you go

• The session is delivered online.
• Participants need to use Microsoft Word for written assessments, send emails with Word document attachments and use Zoom.
• The accepted community languages are Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Farsi, French, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Nepalese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish and Urdu.