“…Unlike trainees at MA level who have clear career orientation and strong motivation to be involved in professional practices (Lin, 2013), undergraduate trainees still need to focus on enhancing language skills and general and subject-specific knowledge (AIIC Training Committee, 2006). Using videos in classrooms has advantages: it is easier to build up a bank of different types of lectures, speeches, and panel discussions than inviting live speakers who may not be available; the speech bank can include a large variety of disciplines, speakers, speech styles, and foreign accents which may not be feasible by relying on live speakers; and the use of video clips may better prepare students for new modes of interpreting as interpreting for the media and videoconferencing are becoming popular (Kurz, 1989(Kurz, , 2002Cenková, 1994).…”