MEASURING PROGRESS IN READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS IN FOREIGN-LANGUAGE TEACHING FOR TRANSLATORS. AN ASSESSMENT-BASED EXPERIENCE

Abstract

In this article we will present the first results of foreign-language acquisition verification tests performed by students of the Translation and Interpreting degree programme taught at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (FTI) of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), which provide data on the level of their reading comprehension skills in their first and second foreign languages. The tests are chiefly intended to check whether pre-established language levels for the subjects that are part of the syllabus match those actually attained by students upon completion of the subjects in question.