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ERIC Number: ED673102
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 17
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Employers' Requirements for Bachelor Graduates of English Translation and Interpretation Program: A Case in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam
My Thi Diem Tran
International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, Paper presented at the International Conference on Research in Education and Science (ICRES) (Antalya, Turkey, Apr 27-30, 2024)
Universities need to capture the current status of graduate employability from both the graduates' and employers' perspectives if they are to effectively respond to industry skill and knowledge requirements. Graduate employability is a concept that is gaining traction in the higher education sector around the world. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate what employers' requirements for bachelor graduates of English translation and interpretation, as well as employers' and alumni's personal perspectives on the constraints of the current curriculum framework. As a result, shortcomings of the current curriculum framework were discovered and solutions to bridge over them were suggested. A mixed quantitative and qualitative analysis of questionnaires and interviews with 23 employers at various companies, offices or other places and 48 English translation and interpreting alumni of a university in the Mekong Delta reveals the attributes that are important for the job market, are emphasized in curriculum, and those that graduates need more training on. The findings will provide light on whether present approaches in translation and interpretation student training bridge the gap between professional market concerns and academic studies, as well as instructional consequences and implications for future study. [For the complete proceedings, see ED672804.]
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Vietnam
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