Project LANGTI: Advising in language learning study for translation and interpreting purposes

About

This dataset was generated in the scope of the LANGTI project (Languages for Translations and Interpreting) conducted by Astrid Schmidhofer at the Department of Translation Studies at the University of Innsbruck. It targets language learning processes of students in translation and interpreting programmes.

Context and methodology

The dataset is part of an advising in language learning study, which studies language learning processes of students in translation and interpreting programmes. In this study, students were encouraged to embark on a self-learning journey and discuss their progress with their advisor in weekly sessions. Furthermore, each session had a topic of conversation related to language learning or translation and interpreting (e.g. language learning strategies, motivation, professions) that students had to prepare in advance. The interviews were conducted between October 2023 and June 2024 with one Spanish student (Lola) studying the BA degree in translation studies and one Austrian student (Peter) studying the MA degree in translation studies.

The interviews were transcribed by broadly following the rules for simple transcription explained in Dresing and Pehl (2018). The text was organised by speaker interventions. During anonymisation, placeholders were used for personal data; in a few exceptional cases, short fragments were deleted.

Technical details

The dataset structure follows the structure of the document “overview of sessions”. In order to read the dataset, no particular software is required.

Further details

Additional information about the study (e.g. the material used in the sessions) can be requested from the PI.