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SETE 2020, ICWL 2020: Learning Technologies and Systems pp 401–410Cite as

The Design and Implementation of a Virtual Reality Program for Improving Situated Consecutive Interpreting Skills

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In this paper, we present the Platform of Immersion Interpreting Learning in Virtual Reality and AI Assessment, embedded with three classical virtual scenarios in consecutive interpreting, aiming at improving situated consecutive interpreting skills for student interpreters at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. This proposed project also integrates the AI assessment system into the virtual environment. It can evaluate students’ performance based on their reaction time, level of completeness, accuracy, and fluency of the interpreting task. The project supports both visual and auditory channels of interaction, with learner’s interpreted speech as the input and outputs include graphical scenes and speech from the speaker in the scenario. Moreover, the project allows interpreting trainers to design their training drills based on their teaching plans. Throughout a pre-and post-test of 10 graduate students, it is found that their average reaction time was shorter in post-test, and the level of interpreting fluency and accuracy were also improved after the training.

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  1. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China

    Isabelle Chou, Cheng Zhang & Yuemeng Yu

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  1. Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Ningbo, China

    Chaoyi Pang

  2. College of Computer Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Yunjun Gao

  3. Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia

    Guanliang Chen

  4. Faculty of Automation, Computers and Electronics, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

    Elvira Popescu

  5. Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Lu Chen

  6. School of Computer Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China

    Tianyong Hao

  7. Zhejiang University, Ningbo, China

    Bailing Zhang

  8. Universidad Internacional De La Rioja, Logroño, Spain

    Silvia Margarita Baldiris Navarro

  9. Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Qing Li

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Chou, I., Zhang, C., Yu, Y. (2021). The Design and Implementation of a Virtual Reality Program for Improving Situated Consecutive Interpreting Skills. In: Pang, C., et al. Learning Technologies and Systems. SETE ICWL 2020 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12511. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66906-5_38

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