TY - JOUR AU - Whistance, Thaisa PY - 2018/08/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Engaging British Sign Language/ English interpreting students through the use of situated learning. JF - Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal JA - The RAISE Journal VL - 2 IS - 2 SE - Case studies/Practice Pieces DO - UR - https://sehej.raise-network.com/raise/article/view/647 SP - 149-160 AB - This case study documents a pilot where situated-learning was used to train students at level 6 (final year) of the BA (hons.) BSL/English interpreting programme, in medical/healthcare interpreting. The learning experience was situated within the clinical simulation suite at the University of Wolverhampton and student interpreters had the opportunity to interpret for a real healthcare practitioner and a deaf patient in a series of carefully constructed roleplays, designed to provide as authentic an experience as possible. ER -