A Comparative Analysis of Interpreter Trainees’ Self-Reported Strategy Use in L2 English Communication and Interpreting Practice

Pedro Humanez-Berral; Antonio Hermán-Carvajal

doi:10.30827/sendebar.v36.32608

Autores/as

Pedro Humanez-Berral Universidad de Cantabria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7186-5245
Antonio Hermán-Carvajal Universidad de Córdoba https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0248-9228

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/sendebar.v36.32608

Palabras clave:

estrategias comunicativas, estrategias de interpretación, Estudios de Interpretación, intérpretes en formación, Inglés para Fines Específicos

Agencias: MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, PRE2021-100711

Resumen

The relationship between strategy use in Interpreting Studies and Second Language Acquisition has received little attention, despite both fields examining how individuals address communicative difficulties through interpreting and communication strategies, respectively. This study examines self-reported strategy use in general L2 English communication and interpreting practice among interpreter trainees. Data were collected through an online questionnaire completed by 78 students enrolled in undergraduate Interpreting courses at three Spanish universities. Our results reveal similar strategy patterns in both contexts, with guessing, paraphrasing, avoidance and appeal for assistance being the most commonly used strategies, while morphological creativity and L1-based strategies were the least used. Miming and predicting were the only strategies with different patterns (italics used for emphasis for all these concepts throughout the article). Additionally, our results indicate that more strategies are used in general contexts than in interpreting practice, suggesting the need for further research on potential strategy transfer and the integration of strategic instruction in L2 courses within interpreter training.

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