Sherry Shaw
List of John Benjamins publications in which Sherry Shaw is involved.
2014 Cognitive and motivational contributors to aptitude: A study of spoken and signed language interpreting students Aptitude for Interpreting, Pöchhacker, Franz and Minhua Liu (eds.), pp. 71–85 | Article
This article reports the findings of a causal-comparative study with spoken language (primarily conference) and signed language (primarily public service) interpreting students carried out at four institutions in the European Union in 2008. The study was built on two previous investigations of… read more
2011 Cognitive and motivational contributors to aptitude: A study of spoken and signed language interpreting students Aptitude for Interpreting, Shlesinger, Miriam † and Franz Pöchhacker (eds.), pp. 70–84 | Article
This article reports the findings of a causal-comparative study with spoken language (primarily conference) and signed language (primarily public service) interpreting students carried out at four institutions in the European Union in 2008. The study was built on two previous investigations of… read more
2006 Essential characteristics of sign language interpreting students: Perspectives of students and faculty Interpreting 8:2, pp. 195–221 | Article
Interpreter educators who strive to recruit and retain students with the potential to succeed in their post-secondary programs want to be able to identify the complex personal and cognitive characteristics typical of these students. The present investigation expanded upon previous studies of… read more
2004 Applying language skills to interpretation: Student perspectives from signed and spoken language programs Interpreting 6:1, pp. 69–100 | Article
Interpreter Education Programs (IEPs) frequently encounter a dilemma when attempting to assist students who have completed a second-language learning sequence in their transition to interpreter education. Typically, students exhibit difficulties making this transition when they perceive their… read more