The design and application of rubrics to assess signed language interpreting performance

Interpreter and Translator Trainer

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 83-103

  Wang, Jihong ^a   Napier, Jemina ^b   Goswell, Della ^a   Carmichael, Andy ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment rubrics; Inter rater reliability; Raters; Scoring process and techniques; Signed language interpreting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937033483     PISSN: 1750399X     EISSN: 17570417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1750399X.2015.1009261     Document Type: Article

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