Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) as a Metric to Re-Conceptualise Aptitude: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective

Autor/in	Hlavac, Jim
Titel	Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) as a Metric to Re-Conceptualise Aptitude: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective
Quelle	In: Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 17 (2023) 1, S.29-53 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hlavac, Jim)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-399X
DOI	10.1080/1750399X.2023.2170052
Schlagwörter	Knowledge Level; Success; Translation; Language Aptitude; Stakeholders; Language Processing; Second Languages; Teaching Methods; Teacher Attitudes; Credentials; Language Tests; Professional Personnel; Organizations (Groups); Comparative Analysis; Transfer of Training; Discourse Analysis; Interpersonal Competence; Intercultural Communication; Cultural Awareness; Ethics; Language Usage; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Technological Literacy; Language Proficiency; Language Variation; Language Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wissensbasis; Erfolg; Sprachbegabung; Spracheignung; Sprachverarbeitung; Second language; Zweitsprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerverhalten; Studienbuch; Language test; Sprachtest; Personalbestand; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Diskursanalyse; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Ethik; Sprachgebrauch; Technisches Wissen; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachenvielfalt
Abstract	Aptitude is a hypernym used in training and practice-based contexts to refer to a person's natural or acquired ability to do something. It tends to be an attribute that is 'forward-looking', i.e. referring to a person's probability of achieving success in the future. This paper adopts a retrospective perspective in looking at the 'success achievement' of (would-be) interpreters and employs the term knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). The research questions that this paper addresses relate to frequency of KSAs referred to across four 'stakeholder areas' relevant to interpreter performance: studies from pedagogues on training and (pre-qualification) testing; testing/credentialing authorities; industry-based organisations; and trainee and practising interpreters themselves. Comparison across the four stakeholder areas shows that the training and testing, and credentialing stakeholder areas most frequently identify linguistic and transfer-based KSAs, with moderate attention afforded to intercultural skills, discourse analysis skills, social interactional skills and knowledge bases across different thematic areas, and demonstration of knowledge of ethics. The industry-based stakeholder area records high levels of frequency for KSAs to do with research, terminology, business, self-assessment and ICT skills, alongside linguistic, and interactional KSAs. Overall, however, the broadest spread of frequently identified KSAs is recorded amongst the trainee and practitioner stakeholder group. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01