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Translation and Perspective Taking in the Second Language Classroom

Rocha, Josiany Salles
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1277243660

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2010, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of English.
Research about translation as a learning tool and how it can help learners become aware and adjust to the perspective encoded in a second language is lacking in the literature. This study investigated whether translation helps learners acquire the perspective (different ways of seeing the world) encoded in a second language and thus communicate more effectively. Writings of native and non-native speakers were compared by means of an ANOVA test to see how they differed among each other before and after practice on how to write descriptions. In order to operationalize the concept of perspective and allow for assessment of the value of translation as a learning technique, the descriptions were analyzed with respect to information organization at the clause level in accordance with thematic structure as proposed by functional grammarians. Two groups of non-native speakers practiced how to write descriptions. The control group practiced writing descriptions by means of techniques currently used in second language teaching, while the experimental group’s practice was based on translation assignments. The study demonstrated that the experimental group proved to adjust to native-like ways of writing descriptions and thus to the perspective encoded in the second language, while the control group stayed basically the same. In addition, surveys were carried out to investigate learners’ opinions about the use of translation in the second language classroom. The results show that, generally speaking, learners have a positive view on the use of translation as a learning tool in the second language classroom.
Klaus Gommlich, PhD (Advisor)
Karl Uhrig, PhD (Committee Member)
Kristen Precht, PhD (Committee Member)
79 p.
Teaching
second language teaching; second language learning; translation; perspective taking

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  • Rocha, J. S. (2010). Translation and Perspective Taking in the Second Language Classroom [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1277243660

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rocha, Josiany. Translation and Perspective Taking in the Second Language Classroom. 2010. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1277243660.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rocha, Josiany. "Translation and Perspective Taking in the Second Language Classroom." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1277243660

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