Teaching interpreting by distance mode: Possibilities and constraints

Interpreting

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-96

  Ko, Leong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Core interpreting subjects; Distance learning; Liaison interpreting; Teleconferencing; Videoconferencing; Visual interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248698730     PISSN: 13846647     EISSN: 1569982X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/intp.8.1.05ko     Document Type: Article

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