mentions that many scholars view it as a mere pedagogical exercise for getting started in the techniques of interpreting and improving their oral skills. For example, Viaggio (1992) calls ST “perhaps the most effective and complete prelude to and preparation for attacking simultaneous interpretation” (p. 45). Descriptions of interpreting modes often omit ST altogether.
Only Weber (1984) and Gile (1995) discuss ST in any detail in their books on training interpreters. Although they do refer to ST as a mode of interpretation and provide exampies of real-world applications, they primarily emphasize its value as a method of training interpreting students: