口译学能测试中的坚韧性人格研究

发布时间:2023-11-10 18:30
  口译员并非天生,通过专业训练,人人皆有可能成为译员。但时间和教育资源有限,越来越多的学校采用学能测试甄选申请者。文献回顾及实证调查发现,在口译学能测试中,人们普遍更加重视诸如双语转换能力、理解、分析等认知技能的考查,而忽视了针对申请者的非认知能力,尤其是人格特征的科学测量。坚韧性人格是一种极具价值的人格特征。它具有三个维度——承诺、控制与挑战。承诺指个体全身心投入生活和工作,享受乐趣、探究意义;控制指在不利条件下,个体具备通过自身行动改变事态发展的信念,对不利事件施加正面影响;挑战则是个体在积极或消极经验中学习,将变化视为自我成长的机遇。坚韧性人格使个体在高压力情境下仍能保持身心健康,促进其行为表现,是从事高压力职业人员应具备的人格。口译是一项特殊的语言交际活动,其现场性、时限性和不可预测性决定了它的高压力性。因此,口译员应具有“抗压”、“有毅力”“有心理弹性”等特征。研究表明,坚韧性人格不仅与上述特征紧密相关,而且是应对压力的有效预测指标。本文试图将这一心理学概念引入口译研究领域,探究其对译员表现的作用和影响机制,阐释其在口译学能测试中的独特功能和重要意义。鉴于坚韧性人格与焦虑缓解和...

【文章页数】:234 页

【学位级别】:博士

【文章目录】:
Abstract
摘要
List of abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
    1.1 Motivations for the study
        1.1.1 Rationale for the research on aptitude testing for interpreting
        1.1.2 Rationale for the research on personality hardiness
        1.1.3 Rationale for the research on interpreting anxiety and self-efficacy as intermediates
    1.2 Significance of the study
    1.3 Research questions
    1.4 Research methodology
    1.5 Layout of the dissertation
Chapter 2 Literature Review
    2.1 Definitions
        2.1.1 Defining aptitude
        2.1.2 Aptitude, ability, intelligence and personality
    2.2 Aptitude for foreign language learning
        2.2.1 Foreign language aptitude
        2.2.2 Foreign language aptitude and SLA process
        2.2.3 Affective variables in SLA
    2.3 Aptitude for interpreting
        2.3.1 Research at an earlier stage
        2.3.2 Research in more recent time
    2.4 Research on personality hardiness
        2.4.1 Construct of personality hardiness
        2.4.2 Measurement of personality hardiness
        2.4.3 Empirical research on personality hardiness
Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework
    3.1 Aptitude testing for interpreting
        3.1.1 The need for interpreting aptitude testing
        3.1.2 Aptitude testing models for interpreting
        3.1.3 Personality hardiness and interpreting aptitude testing
    3.2 Conceptualization of personality hardiness
        3.2.1 Underpinning in existential courage
        3.2.2 Dimensionality
        3.2.3 Personality hardiness model
    3.3 Personality hardiness, anxiety and interpreting performance
    3.4 Personality hardiness, self-efficacy and interpreting performance
Chapter 4 Methods
    4.1 Research questions and hypotheses
    4.2 Research design
    4.3 Quantitative research
        4.3.1 Participants
        4.3.2 Instruments
    4.4 Qualitative research
        4.4.1 Participants
        4.4.2 Semi-structured interview guide
        4.4.3 Procedures
    4.5 Data Collection
        4.5.1 Pilot study
        4.5.2 Formal study
        4.5.3 Ethical considerations
    4.6 Data analysis
Chapter 5 Results
    5.1 Demographic characteristics
    5.2 Reliability of measures
        5.2.1 Personality hardiness
        5.2.2 Interpreting anxiety
        5.2.3 Self- efficacy
        5.2.4 Interpreting performance
    5.3 Results of sub-question 1
        5.3.1 Hypothesis 1
        5.3.2 Hypothesis 2
    5.4 Results of sub-question 2
        5.4.1 Hypothesis 1
        5.4.2 Hypothesis 2
        5.4.3 Hypothesis 3
    5.5 Results of sub-question 3
        5.5.1 Hypothesis 1
        5.5.2 Hypothesis 2
    5.6 Results of sub-question 4
        5.6.1 Hypothesis 1
        5.6.2 Hypothesis 2
    5.7 Results of sub-question 5
        5.7.1 Information triangulation
        5.7.2 Roles of personality hardiness
Chapter 6 Discussions
    6.1 Summary of findings
    6.2 Implications
        6.2.1 Correlations between personality hardiness and interpreting performance
        6.2.2 Predicative validity of personality hardiness on interpreting performance
        6.2.3 Mediating effect of interpreting anxiety
        6.2.4 Mediating effect of self-efficacy
        6.2.5 Personality hardiness in aptitude testing
    6.3 Summary
Chapter 7 A Tentative Framework for Personality Hardiness Measurement in Interpreting Aptitude Testing
    7.1 Personality hardiness and related personality traits in interpreting aptitude
        7.1.1 Personality hardiness and stress resistance
        7.1.2 Personality hardiness and resilience
        7.1.3 Personality hardiness and other stress-resistance qualities
    7.2 Incorporating personality hardiness in interpreting aptitude testing
        7.2.1 Significance of incorporating personality hardiness into interpreting aptitude testing
        7.2.2 A tentative framework for personality hardiness measurement in aptitude testing for interpreting
    7.3 Measurement of personality hardiness in interpreting aptitude testing
        7.3.1 Measurement procedures
        7.3.2 Subcomponents of personality hardiness
    7.4 Summary
Chapter 8 Conclusion
    8.1 Overview of the current study
    8.2 Main findings of the current study
        8.2.1 Personality hardiness and interpreting anxiety
        8.2.2 Personality hardiness and self-efficacy
        8.2.3 Personality hardiness and interpreting performance
        8.2.4 Personality hardiness in interpreting aptitude
        8.2.5 Personality hardiness measurement in aptitude testing for interpreting
    8.3 Contributions of the current study
    8.4 Limitations and future directions
Appendix 1 Questionnaire for student interpreters
Appendix 2a Passage (E-C) for consecutive interpreting test
Appendix 2b Passage (C-E) for consecutive interpreting test
Appendix 3 In-depth interview guide
Appendix 4 Mark sheet for raters
References
Acknowledgements
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