The Effect Of Information Selecting In Note-taking On The English-Chinese CI Performance

This thesis discusses the effect of information selecting in note-taking on the English-Chinese CI performance. Since a person's memory capacity and the time for note-taking are both limited, not all information can be taken down by notes. Thus, a note which could effectively select information is of great importance for the CI performance. In light of this, this thesis attempts to illustrate the information selecting of note-taking and the relation between this and CI performance through experiment. Daniel Gile's Efforts Model is introduced as a theoretical framework to justify the desirable role of information selecting function in note-taking.The current study works on the basis of an experiment among the first group of MTI students majored in interpretation of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. 10 subjects were selected to interpret consecutively an English speech into Chinese. The experiment is separated into two phases. In the first phase, before the students began to learn the note-taking skill, they were required to interpret the English speech into Chinese. The test in the second phase was held after the students have had a good command of basic consecutive interpretation skills. The interpretations of all the subjects were recorded and their notes checked afterwards. According to the author's teaching schedule, during the four weeks between the two tests, the subjects received training on note-taking skills and had more interpreting exercises to solidify the skills.Through a detailed analysis on these data and the comparisons of these indexes in an all-around way, the information selecting of note-taking and the CI performance are testified to be closely related. It concludes that if the information selecting of note-taking works well, the interpreter's performance will be enhanced. However, due to the fact that note-taking training is a long time process, it is not expected that the subjects should make significant progress in note-taking skills and CI performance.