Cognitive Processing Skills in English
Cognitive Processing Skills in English Cognitive processing is the term used to describe some of the invisible mental processes that are essential to the interpreting process. These include:
- Comprehension
- Acuity and discrimination
- Memory
- Number repetition
- Immediate repetition
- Delayed repetition
- Word-level pattern inference
- Phrase-level pattern interference
- Multitasking
Unit 1
Comprehension is the ability to grasp a concept and build meaningful understanding of its content. The ability to understand the way in which grammar and words are used is very important to the comprehension process. Comprehension is the underlying skill for all the other skills involved in the cognitive process. Comprehension for an interpreter is more unique than for persons who share the same language. The interpreter will receive the information from the speaker, which is the source language. He/she must grasp the meaning and context from the source language and then pass it on to the receiver in another language (target language) while expressing the same meaning as given in the source language. There are basically 3 basic parts to the role of comprehension in the interpretation process. They are:
- The interpreter is a receptor: hears the message and analyze it for meaning;
- Segmentation: the interpreter breaks up the message into workable chunks;
- The interpreter formulates a version of the message in the target language.
Unit 2 Memory is the mental capacity to recall previously learned behaviour or past experience. Memory is important in the interpreting process as the interpreter has to remember accurately the information given in the source language in order to process it in the target language. There are two types of memory: short-term or working memory and long-term memory. Both work inter-changeably without the interpreter being aware. The interpreter can draw on previous knowledge to assist in processing the incoming
- Comprehension
- Acuity and discrimination
- Memory
- Number repetition
- Immediate repetition
- Delayed repetition
- Word-level pattern inference
- Phrase-level pattern interference
- Multitasking
Unit 1
Comprehension is the ability to grasp a concept and build meaningful understanding of its content. The ability to understand the way in which grammar and words are used is very important to the comprehension process. Comprehension is the underlying skill for all the other skills involved in the cognitive process. Comprehension for an interpreter is more unique than for persons who share the same language. The interpreter will receive the information from the speaker, which is the source language. He/she must grasp the meaning and context from the source language and then pass it on to the receiver in another language (target language) while expressing the same meaning as given in the source language. There are basically 3 basic parts to the role of comprehension in the interpretation process. They are:
- The interpreter is a receptor: hears the message and analyze it for meaning;
- Segmentation: the interpreter breaks up the message into workable chunks;
- The interpreter formulates a version of the message in the target language.
Unit 2 Memory is the mental capacity to recall previously learned behaviour or past experience. Memory is important in the interpreting process as the interpreter has to remember accurately the information given in the source language in order to process it in the target language. There are two types of memory: short-term or working memory and long-term memory. Both work inter-changeably without the interpreter being aware. The interpreter can draw on previous knowledge to assist in processing the incoming