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EFL Learners’ Beliefs about and Strategy Use of Translation in English Learning
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Presenter: Yang, Hao-Ting (Tim) Instructor: Dr. Pi-Ying Teresa HsuDate:2012.10.15
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Citation
Liao, P. (2006). EFL Learners’ Beliefs about and Strategy Use of Translation in English Learning . Regional Language Centre Journal, 37 (2), 191-215.
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• Introduction• Literature Review• Question&Result• Data Collection• Discussion• Reflection
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Introduction
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Background
Although the use of translation in learning a foreign language is much maligned by language teachers, translation is widely used in learner’s foreign language strategy 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.
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Purpose of study
To explore the role of translation in Taiwanese college students’ English learning strategies about using translation to learn English
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Literature Review
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Literature Review
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converting the target language expression into the native language; or converting the native language into the target language
( Oxford, 1990)
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Literature Review
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( Hsieh, 2000)
Benefit
Readingstrategies
Reading comprehension
Culture background knowledge
Vocabulary learning
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Literature Review
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Translation was found to be a frequently used learning strategy. Out of a total of 11 cognitive strategies indentified by the researchers, translation accounted for 11.3% of all strategy uses by beginning and intermediate-level ESL learners, second only to such strategies as repetition (19.6%), note taking (18.7%), and imagery (12.5%).
( O’Malley et al. ,1958b)
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Question&Result
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QuestionQuestion What are Taiwanese students’ beliefs about using
translation to learn English? What kinds of learning strategies employing
translation do Taiwanese students report using? What are the relationships among learners’ beliefs
about translation and their use of translation as a strategy?
To what extent do learners’ background variable (e.g. proficiency level, academic major) relate to their beliefs about and use of translation?
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351 students enrolled in a five-year junior college in central Taiwan.
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What are Taiwanese students’ beliefs about using translation tolearn English?
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What kinds of learning strategies employing translation do Taiwanesestudents report using?
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To what extent do learners’ background variable (e.g. proficiencylevel, academic major) relate to their beliefs about and
use of translation?
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Data Collection
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Questionnaires 40
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Interviewing 30
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Instrumentation
IBT Inventory for Beliefs about Translation
ITLS Inventory for Translation as Learning as a Learning Strategy
IBQ Individual Background Questionnaire.
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Discussion
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Discussion
At the college level, it is believed possible and even necessary to use English without translation because students at that level are believed to know English well enough to improve their linguistic skills without their mother tongue being involved.
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Reflection
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Reflection
Future research could be conducted on English teachers’ beliefs about using translation or L1 to learn English and make a comparison between these teacher’s beliefs with their students’.
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Thank you!