APG5606 Specialised legal interpreting
Faculty of Arts
APG5606 Specialised legal interpreting is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2026. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2026
- Other periods
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before APG5606
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After APG5606
No unit lists APG5606 as a prerequisite in the 2026 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibitions: APG5874
Pre-requisite: For A6007 students, you must have received a mark of 70% or more for the final test for APG5178 and APG5179.
Pre-requisite: For A9001 students, you must be a NAATI certified interpreter or certified provisional interpreter in a language that is offered in our MITS program.
Overview
This unit specialises in an important area of interpreting practice: police, legal and courtroom settings. Content knowledge and specialist language are acquired that relate to the contexts of this field. You will also acquire knowledge of the discourse and communication features of the interlocutors that legal interpreters work with: police officers, lawyers, judicial officers, prison and parole officers as well as people without specialist knowledge of the legal system. This unit builds on skills acquired in APG5049 and APG5885. You are required to have proficiency in dialogue interpreting, sight translation, bi-directional consecutive interpreting of speeches and some experience in simultaneous interpreting. This unit focuses on dialogue interpreting at a high level, consecutive interpreting (both into and from English), and simultaneous interpreting (both into and from English). Interactional approaches to interpreting are presented as are theoretical concepts relating to legal interpreting as an emerging research field.
Offerings in 2026
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Term 2 | Caulfield | Online blk |
| Term 2 | Caulfield | On campus, block |
Assessment
- Exercise/sExercise20%
- In class test/sQuiz / Test20%
- In class test/sQuiz / Test40%
- In class test/sQuiz / Test20%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply interpreting skills in the field of legal interpreting;
- 2
Bi-directionally interpret dialogues and passages that are delivered in professional settings, and that are of moderate to high levels of difficulty;
- 3
Provide LOTE-English / English-LOTE consecutive interpreting in the specialised area of legal interpreting;
- 4
Provide LOTE-English / English-LOTE simultaneous interpreting in the specialised area of legal interpreting, including the use of chuchotage (whispered interpreting);
- 5
Identify key areas of research within the field of legal interpreting.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures12 hours
- Tutorials12 hours
- Workshops12 hours
- Assessments16 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Rick Qi
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Rick Qi
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for APG5606?
APG5606 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is APG5606 offered?
APG5606 has no offerings listed in the 2026 handbook.
How much work is APG5606?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does APG5606 have an exam?
No. APG5606 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.