Blending Technologies and Translation Strategies to Optimise Learning Processes

Ponencia presentada pendiente de que se pida para publicaciónTrainers should accept the growing dependence of learners, especially in the case of beginners, have on the use of translation tools and all kind of automatic resources to save time and also to easily find terminology. However, translation strategies, culture competence and terminology pose challenges that must be faced with the right skills beside web basic aids. We are conducting research on the use of corpora tools by students and their competences, first by using surveys and, later on, giving then the instructions to elaborate their own parallel or comparable corpus ad hoc to work with translation assignments. This research focus on the elaboration of glossaries in the legal field using corpora tools and the feedback of students’ awareness of the benefits of technologies when they are properly managed from the beginning of their training. Paradoxically, although technologies appear to have a widespread use in training and learning activities, we found that an intensive training is often needed to optimize students’ translation skills by using translation program and resources.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Reflexionando sobre la vejez a través del cine. Una aproximación incompleta

Reflexionando sobre la vejez a través del cine. Una aproximación incompleta Existen en la sociedad muchos estereotipos y prejuicios en torno a las personas mayores, que se reflejan tanto en la vida cotidiana como en los medios de comunicación y también en el cine. En una sociedad audiovisual como la nuestra, la imagen es una importante fuente de conocimiento, y el cine se convierte en un excelente recurso didáctico para favorecer y motivar el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje; es una excelente herramienta con la que aprender acerca de la vida misma en general y las relaciones humanas en particular, donde observar y aprender acerca de las relaciones entre las personas en diferentes momentos de su ciclo vital; permite reflexionar, analizar, comprender, pensar, mirar y ofrece claves para ayudar a las personas en su proceso de envejecer, mejorando su calidad de vida. En este artículo realizamos una selección de películas que lleven a profundizar en el conocimiento de las personas mayores y las cuestiones relevantes para ellos en sus dinámicas vitales y en su relación con otras generaciones; películas que muestran el mejor modo de envejecer, el denominado envejecer en positivo, para ayudar a reducir los estereotipos negativos acerca de la vejez, seleccionando algunas de ellas; películas que muestren el envejecimiento activo y solidaridad intergeneracional

The effect of meditation based on self-observation on cognitive responses in conflictive social interaction

Conflictive social interactions are associated with the attribution of responsibility for our negative experiences to the other, and with a distant social perception of the other. When we meditate we acquire skills related to thought that allow us to observe how we perceive and signify interaction with the other, which distances us from the response to the meaning of this perception. This way of attending to events can have a negative effect on the tendency to make dispositional attributions, which are generally more conflictive, since the person making the attribution blames the other for the unpleasant situation he or she is experiencing. For this reason, the associated practice of meditation may affect social interactions by reducing conflict. The relationship between infrequent meditation, associated to the development of self-observation, with the locus of attribution for an unpleasant event, the perception of anger with oneself, and the social distance from the outgroup was analysed using a sample of 229 individuals (118 non-meditators and 111 unspecific meditators). Results show that meditation has the effect of reducing dispositional attributions, perception of anger and social distance, and provide evidence for the moderating effect of self-observation ability

Developing Moral Sensitivity Throgh Protest Scenarios in International NGDOs' Communication

This paper studies advertising campaigns of NGDOs by applying the innovative concepts of protest communication scenarios and moral sensitivity. Its main purpose is to advance current understanding on how two conceptually different communication scenarios -donor and protest- impact the social engagement of the public. The interdisciplinary methodology combines a discursive and psychological perspective with an empirical survey study designed with the support of cultural discourse analysis (Hall, 1997). The findings demonstrate that using communication models based on the need for collective help for poverty in terms of an unjust situation -what we call a protest communication model- increases moral sensitivity and, therefore, social action. These results are of interest for planning and assessing the organizational communication of NGDOs designed from their educational and social action liabilities. This research shows that utilizing these criteria increases the efficacy of their communication in awareness raising and social engagement without being detrimental to funding amounts

Communication and Engagement for Social Justice

From mass to interpersonal media, from citizen to governmental or corporate interactions, a communication for peaceful social change involves different screens, spaces, creative resources, means of expression and actors. All utterances, all messages, all images – both through direct experience (interpersonal communication) or through representation (mediated communication such as art, media or education) – relate together in the identities of individuals and their participation in private and collective spheres. These communication scenarios can become empowering processes when defined from the agency of individuals and geared towards social justice. The communicative action of present-day citizen movements demonstrates this point. In this light, this essay focuses on communication's role of empowering civil society's participation in transformative political peaceful actions for social justice. We explore how communication can help build awareness of social injustice and jumpstart and maintain such social action through continued engagement. On the one hand, this study aims to better understand how society can become aware of the violent and unjust effects of certain actions, their cultural and symbolic consequences and how they are connected to social injustice, especially of certain communicative behaviors. On the other hand, we promote a communicative and educative project that addresses violence and injustice by developing sensitivity to the suffering of others. We argue that it is this feeling of responsibility that leads people to act in order to eradicate such practice

Mindfulness training for interpreting students

In this work we present the results of a study aimed at increasing performance quality in conference interpreting trainees through the development of the attention–regulatory practice of mindfulness. A review of the basic concepts of attention is presented as well as a review of the role of attention in interpreting as an extremely cognitive demanding task. The authors also introduce and review the concept of mindfulness from a theoretical and empirical perspective. Stress in interpreting is also addressed as a factor that may influence performance. An experimental study is presented in which focused attention practices are compared to relaxation practices in relation to performance in interpreting trainees

Infantilizacion en los cuidados a las personas mayores en el contexto residencial

Tras un repaso del estado de la cuestión sobre el tema del maltrato a las personas mayores, tanto en estudios internacionales como en los realizados en España, nos detendremos en el maltrato psicológico y emocional, en el abandono emocional y el trato infantilizador en los centros residenciales para personas mayores. Insistiremos en el elderspeak, ahondando en las consecuencias que tiene para la persona mayor este tipo de comunicación basada en los estereotipos negativos hacia la persona mayor. Finalizaremos con una propuesta formativa de cambio de actitudes para la mejora del trato llevada a cabo en la Comunidad Valencian

Aptitudes necesarias en la formación de intérpretes : un estudio exploratorio

El trabajo analiza las competencias que tienen una mayor influencia sobre el rendimiento en interpretación en la modalidad de traducción a la vista. Con un diseño experimental de carácter exploratorio se pone a prueba el efecto de tres componentes de la competencia para la interpretación (control de la ansiedad, memoria a corto plazo y rapidez de reflejos orales) sobre el rendimiento, a partir de una muestra de 22 sujetos. Los resultados obtenidos indican que sólo la rapidez de reflejos orales influye en el rendimiento. El análisis de comparación por grupos, muestra, por otra parte, que los sujetos cuyo índice de competencia en los tres componentes es bajo, tienen un rendimiento significativamente menor que los sujetos con índices medios o altos. Se discuten las implicaciones para la identificación de los componentes relevantes en la interpretación que pueden predecir el éxito en el rendimiento.This paper analyses the competences that influence interpreting performance measured in sight translation. The effect of three components (anxiety control, short term memory and quickness of response) on interpreting competence are tested through a pilot experimental design in a sample of 22 subjects. Results show that only quickness of response influences performance. A further comparison groups analysis indicates that subjects with a low level of competence in the three components perform significatively poorer than those subjects showing acceptable or high levels of competence. Implications for identifying relevant components of interpretation able to predict success are discussed

La determinación del interés superior del menor no acompañado en el proceso de retorno desde la Unión Europea

Màster en Diplomàcia i Funció Pública Internacional, Centre d'Estudis Internacionals, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2014-2015, Tutor: Esther Zapater DuqueEn este trabajo se señalan las deficiencias de la normativa comunitaria en lo que respecta al control del fenómeno migratorio de menores no acompañados a través de la política migratoria de retorno y se recomiendan mejoras basadas en una correcta determinación del interés superior de este colectivo