Exploring Translation in Language Learning

ISBN-13: 9783631641354 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 340 str.

Magorzata Smentek

Opis

This book provides a historical overview of approaches to translation in language education. It explores the functions and scope of translation in the L2 classroom. Translation, as a valid resource and an indispensable skill in today's multilingual communication, should become an integral element of contemporary foreign language learning.

Spis treści

Approaches to translation in FLT: Historical and contemporary perspectives - Advanced learners and current trends in ELT - Translation: Selected theoretical issues - Translation in advanced-level language learning: A means and an end - Questionnaire survey on the role of translation in L2 learning - Practical implications for the use of translation in the L2 classroom

O autorze

Malgorzata Smentek is Assistant Professor at the Institute of English and American Studies, University of Gdansk, Poland. Her research interests focus on language acquisition, bilingualism, cross-linguistic influence, ELT theory and practice as well as on current language education policies.