Topics Needs Analysis Interpreting

Sydney Institute-Petersham College

8848 Full Time Diploma of Interpreting

Topics

Oral presentations are given in the English class throughout the semester. The topics are the same as the
ones you will be studying for your English class and dialogues. You can choose one of them from the list
below. Once chosen, the dates will be allocated in class.

Topics Topics
Government/Professional Employment areas for Interpreters Immigration
Education Social Welfare/Community Services
Health Finance/Banking
Housing/Real Estate Insurance
Consumer Law/Fair Trading Business/Trade & Tourism
Police Law

The interpreter must have a comprehensive knowledge of these topics in order to provide a professional
service. The different topics will be encountered in an Australian context. It is important that when you
choose your topic you narrow it into one of its many aspects.

GROUP WORK
In your group discuss one of the topics above. What subtopics can you think of? The diagram below is
an example of how to narrow each topic into specific areas.

Voting What powers they

System have Services
How they are elected provided

Local
Levels of
Government Australian Councils

Governme
nt
Political
Parties

Accessibility
by the public
Federal
Government

Government State
Departments Government

Australian
Political system

Petersham TAFE Interpreting Rosa Ochoa 2010

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