Survey on Short-term memory in IINTERPRETING - HELP...

SHORT-TERM MEMORY (STM) IN INTERPRETING
Short-term memory is an important technique of interpreting, including encoding of information from the Source Language, storing of information, retrieval of information, and decoding of information into the target language. Therefore, STM is chosen as the theme of my final project which needs your paticipation in this questionnaire for survey support.
I. General information: (circle the answers)
1. How long have you worked as an interpreter/ interpreting student?
a. Never b. Less than a year c. 1-2 years
d. 2-5 years e. More than 5 years
2. Where have you learned interpreting?
a. Nowhere b. Language universities
c. Language department (in other universities) d. Language centers
3. How long have you spent for interpreting per week?
a. Less than 1 hour b. 1-2 hours c. 2-5 hours
d. 5-10 hours e. more than 10 hours .
4. What kinds of information are interpreted? (you can choose more than one)
a. News b. Speech/ Statement c. Lecture/ Presentation
d. Film/ clip e. Dialogue/ Interview/ talk f. Conference/ Meeting
5. What kinds of topics/ content are interpreted? (you can choose more than one)
a. Diplomatic/ Politics b. Technology c. Economics/ Business
d. Health care e. Environment d. Social Issues
6. What is the average time duration of source-language information?
a. Less than 5 minutes b. 5-15 minutes c. 15-30 minutes
d. 30 min-1 hour e. more than 1 hour

II. Short-term memory usage: (circle the answers)
1. How many times of listening do you need to remember a piece of information?
a. Once b. Twice
c. Three times c. As many as possible
Turn on the next page ùf
2. What is the average length of information that you can remember?
a. A clause/ a phrase b. A sentence c. 2-3 sentences
d. A paragraph (of 5-7 sentences) e. A text
3. How long do you need to rearrange information before interpreting?
a. 0s b. 1-3 s
c. 4-5 s c. More than 5s
4. How long do you forget information after interpreting?
a. Immediately b. 1-5 s c. 6-10s
d. 10-30 s e. More than 30s
5. How exact is your interpreting work? (self-evaluation)
a. 30% b. 50% c. 70%
d. 90% e. 100%
6. What types of information do you feel difficult to remember? (you can choose more than one)
a. Private name b. Number c. List
d. Signal/ Abbreviation e. Terminology
7. What are the reasons of your difficulties in STM? (you can choose more than one)
a. Brain structure b.Concentrate ability c. External environment
d. Psychological factors e. Topic/ content of source-language information
8. What are the aids for STM when interpreting? (you can choose more than one)
a. Glossary (on topics) b. Outline (delivered before start)
c. Pre-discussion (with the speaker) d. Note
9. How often do you practice to improve STM?
Tick ùf- in the cell numbered 1 - 5 as the degree of frequency increases
1 (never) 2 3 4 5 (usually)

10. How effective are your STM training measures?
Tick ùf- in the cell numbered 1 - 5 as the degree of effectiveness increases
1 (ineffective) 2 3 4 5 (very effective)

THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION!