L2 Preparing for Community Interpreting

You must be 18 or over Be able to use the 4 skills fluently English Entry L3 or above Be able to read, write and speak fluently in your community language - most students are native speakers of this. The community languages accepted to study the course with us are: Arabic; Bengali; Bosnian, Bulgarian; Farsi; French; Greek; Hindi; Italian; Japanese; Korean; Mandarin; Nepalese, Polish; Portuguese; Russian; Spanish; Singhalese, Tigrinya, Tamil, Turkish; Urdu; Romanian; Serbian, Somali, Vietnamese Be able to use WORD to write your assessments. Be able to send an email with a WORD attachment. Have successfully completed an assessment session ( getting into Community Interpreting) You cannot enrol directly on this course, the tutor will start the enrolment and you have to complete it

This course will give you a recognised qualification you can use to go into work. If you want to work towards another specialist qualification, there are other higher qualifications, for example: the Diploma in Public Service Interpreting (DPSI)

1-How do I get the qualification? You have to complete the Getting into Community Interpreting, preparing for Community Interpreting & Community Interpreting L3 in order to obtain the OCN Community Interpreting L3(Open College Network) units

2-Is there an exam? There is no exam. You build a portfolio with assessments completed online from home and during lesson times, the teacher marks them and at the end of the course, if all is achieved you will be ready to achieve your qualification.

3-If I have past experience as an Interpreter or Translator, can I fast forward and complete Community Interpreting L3 without the Getting Into Community Interpreting? No. all candidates must complete both parts of this course. It takes around 14 weeks to complete the community interpreting units at STC.

4-Can I complete both courses at the same time? Unfortunately, no. The coursework is divided into 2 parts, you must successfully complete first the L2 Preparing for Community Interpreting and after this you can complete the Community Interpreting L3 L2 Getting into Community Interpreting courses are 6 weeks during the day and 8 weeks for evening courses. Community Interpreting L3 courses are 8 weeks during the day and 9-10 weeks during the evening

5-Which qualification do I get? you will obtain 4 Units with the London Open College Network L3 (OCN). There is a qualification fee Qualification fee of £100 that you pay at beginning of the Community Interpreting L3

6-When I finish, where do I work? You work for private Agencies. Agencies will send you to work in Benefits, Health, Social Care, Immigration, Housing and Education cases. Tutors will provide with a list of London Interpreting Agencies. Currently, agencies only sign in Interpreters who hold a L3 qualification.

7-What is the pay rate I will expect to earn? Pay rate goes from £ 12 to £25 p hour. You will work as a free- lancer the agencies call you when they need you.

weekly online sessions (6 weeks) from 10 am to 2.30pm

Please note that this course is delivered online. You'll be assessed through eight written assignments and a final role play to complete a portfolio of evidence. You will also need to be able to collate your portfolio using PDF and send it to your tutor via email. Please note you need to be able to write in your mother tongue as the Glossaries are from English into your mother tongue.