Interpretation training as social education, with a focus on appropriate choice of words and self-efficacy

Abstract

In this paper, which concerns an interpretation training course for undergraduate students, the interpretation training from a perspective of social education is explored; that is, how to equip them with an ability to use suitable vocabulary depending on particular situations, as well as how to boost the students’ self-efficacy in their interpretation skills. It can be seen that through their training, the students came to be more fluent than prior to the training in choosing appropriate words and phrases for each interpretation situation presented on the training course. It is also evident during the training, that the students showed enhanced self-efficacy in their interpretation skills, based on their enactive mastery and vicarious experience, in addition to the instructor`s verbal persuasion