EFL Learners' Beliefs about and Strategy Use of Translation in English Learning
EFL Learners' Beliefs about and Strategy Use of Translation in English Learning
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10.1177/0033688206067428
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2006-08-01
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Liao, Posen
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作者：
Liao, Posen
尽管翻译在外语学习中的应用一直受到语言教师的诟病，但翻译在外语学习过程中却被广泛应用。看来学习者经常使用翻译作为理解、记忆和产生外语的学习策略。然而，相对较少的研究注意到，迄今为止似乎一直致力于考虑在语言学习中使用翻译。因此，本研究旨在探讨翻译在台湾大学生英语学习中的作用，特别是他们使用翻译学习英语的学习观念和学习策略。调查问卷和定性访谈的数据将解决以下研究问题：（1）学生对使用翻译学习英语的信念是什么？(2)学生们报告使用了哪些翻译学习策略？(3)学习者的翻译观念和翻译使用之间有什么关系？(4)学习者的背景变量在多大程度上与他们对翻译的信念和使用有关？教学意义也进行了讨论。本研究的结果希望能让英语教师对翻译相关的各种学习策略以及学生报告的使用翻译进行英语学习可能带来的好处有更敏感的认识。
Although the use of translation in learning a foreign language is much maligned by language teachers, translation is widely used in learners' foreign language learning process. It appears that learners often use translation as a learning strategy to comprehend, remember, and produce a foreign language. However, relatively little research attention so far seems to have been devoted to a consideration of the use of translation in language learning. Thus, this study aims to explore the role of translation in Taiwanese college students' English learning, particularly in terms of their learning beliefs and learning strategies about using translation to learn English. The data from survey questionnaires and qualitative interviews will address the following research questions: (1) What are students' beliefs about using translation to learn English? (2) What learning strategies employing translation do students report using? (3) What are the relationships among learners' beliefs about and use of translation? (4) To what extent do learners' background variables relate to their beliefs about and use of translation? Pedagogical implications are also discussed. The results of the study hope to sensitize EFL teachers to various learning strategies involving translation and to the possible benefits of using translation for English learning reported by the students.