How to Manage the Shift from Face-to-Face to Distance Assessment in the Subject of Interpretation

Abstract

The COVID 19 crisis has made a growing number of institutions and universities in Vietnam move to distance learning. Consequently, teachers meet the difficulties in finding the methods for subject evaluation. The subject of Interpretation is not an exception. Interpretation teachers are obliged to design suitable assessment methods for their English teaching programs. The study carried out at Foreign Language Department of Haiphong University (HPU) found that after the workshops, the interpretation teachers’ efficiency of assessing process was enhanced thanks to the awareness of challenges and the importance of updating distance assessment criteria. In order to give support for those who find it challenging to make assessment for this subject, the writer will discuss the challenges of distance assessment in interpretation for both students and teachers at the first part of the report. Furthermore, suggestions on designing distance assessment such as setting up the rubrics or blended methods are mentioned.