Staff Profile

Background

Dr Wu joined Newcastle University in 1998 as a lecturer on the Postgraduate Programme in Translating and Interpreting and the Undergraduate Chinese Language Programme. Dr. Wu has been developing and teaching the interpreting modules as well as developing assessment materials and procedures for interpreting exams.

Qualifications

PhD, Newcastle University, UK
  Thesis title: Assessing Simultaneous Interpreting
                    - a study on test reliability and examiners' assessment behaviour

MA in Translation and Interpretation
  Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA

MA in East Asian Studies
  St. John's University, USA

BA in English
  Tamkang University, Taiwan

Previous Positions

Chair of T&I Board of Examiner (2018-20)
Director of Postgraduate Studies (2012)
Degree Programme Director of MA in Translating and Interpreting (2007-2012) 

External examiner of MA courses in translation and interpreting
(Chinese-English):
1. Swansea University (2014-19)
2. Manchester University (2012-13)
3. Middlesex University (2007-09)
4. Westminster University (2006-2011)

Examiner of PhD thesis/viva: 
Newcastle University, Leicester University, Swansea University

Lecturer, English Department, and
Director, Szu-yuan Translation Centre (1993-1998)
Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Languages

Mandarian Chinese, Taiwanese, English

Research Interests

Interpreter and translator education/course design/pedagogy, testing/assessment and quality assurance issues of interpreting examinations

Postgraduate Supervision

Research student advisor on T&I related studies

Funding

2008 UTLC Innovation Fund on developing training materials for public service interpreting

2006 UTLC Innovation Fund on developing a web-based digital multi-media delivery platform for interpreting and language teaching and learning.

Postgraduate Teaching

Introduction to Interpreting
Consecutive Interpreting
Simultaneous Interpreting
Bi-lateral Interpreting
MA T&I dissertation/project supervision

• Authored Book

  • Pellatt V, Griffiths K, Wu S. Teaching and Testing Interpreting and Translating. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2010.

• Book Chapters

  • Wu S. Examiners’ Assessment Behaviours in the Interpreting Examinations. In: 國家教育研究院 (National Academy for Educational Research), ed. 跨學科視域下的臺灣翻譯專業發展 (An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Professional Development of Translation Studies in Taiwan). Taipei, Taiwan: 國家教育研究院 (National Academy for Educational Research), 2014, pp.73-96.
  • Wu S. How Do We Assess Students in the Interpreting Examinations?. In: Tsagari, D., Deemter, R, ed. Assessment Issues in Language Translation and Interpreting. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang GmbH, 2013, pp.15-33.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Wu SC. Assessment Issues of Simultaneous Interpreting. In: International Conference on Translation and Interpretation. 2005, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California, USA.
  • Wu FS. Assessment Scales and Descriptors for Simultaneous Interpreting. In: The 8th International Conference on T&I Studies. 2003, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.