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Anticipation
ANTICIPATION
The briefing is information given to the test taker just before the dialogue starts.
The briefing provides the test taker with the essential information and context about the dialogue.
The briefing will not have to be interpreted, but it is recommended to take as many notes of it as you possibly can.
For the task taker to get better chances to understand the dialogue and have better performance since the very beginning, they should identify:
Participants or characters of the dialogue. People who will intervene in the conversation.
Location or place where the dialogue is taking place (it may be the physical place or name of the organisation)
The topic of the dialogue.
It is said that if we get to understand the briefing, we have 30% chance to perform better when interpreting the dialogue.
The briefing helps us create a possible scenario and filter the vocabulary that may be used in the dialogue.
Since the dialogues reflect real-life situations in Australian society, the briefing will put it in context and will help us to recreate the dialogue in our minds right before it starts.
It is crucial to take notes on the information provided in the briefing as this information will be re recalled later on during the dialogue. Having already this information will help you save taking notes later on in the dialogue because you already have it.
Example of Anticipation. This dialogue takes place between a Centrelink officer and an unemployed migrant woman seeking to have the job search requirement of her Newstart Allowance suspended because of her medical disability.
Participants. Centrelink officer and an unemployed migrant woman.
Place. Centrelink
Topic. The woman is seeking to have the job search requirement of her Newstart Allowance suspended because of her medical disability.
When you listen to the briefing, you should imagine a potential scenario. Make a mental picture the things that can happen from start to end according to the information provided in the briefing as you have possibly been in this real-life situation before.
One way interpreters go about anticipating is by making it a habit to guess what a speaker is going to say next. That buys them time to think of a good translation. Exercises in which you anticipate words might be the key to increasing your flexibility.
Clozing or completing the blank exercises build flexibility by teaching you how to take advantage of context. In this regard, it relies a lot on your association powers. The better certain language patterns and structures are ingrained in your brain, the easier words to fill in will come to mind. That translates to improved fluency.
Clozing consists of filling in the blanks of a text with missing words, with the help of the context given and prior knowledge. Our speaking rhythm should be fluid, so that the person who is listening to us does not realise that we are working with a text that has gaps in it. However, we must be aware that although we have a great ability to anticipate information, it may be challenging filling in all the gaps at a normal pace. This activity not only helps improve the capability of deduction and anticipation skills, but it also helps enhance analytical efforts and expression.
