Improving Technical Translation Ability of the Iranian Students of Translation through Multimedia: An Empirical Study

Autor/inn/en	Zakeri, Dina; Kasikhan, Hamid-reza
Titel	Improving Technical Translation Ability of the Iranian Students of Translation through Multimedia: An Empirical Study
Quelle	In: Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 14 (2020), S.94-106 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2667-6753
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Translation; Multimedia Instruction; Educational Technology; Instructional Effectiveness; College Students; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Language Teachers; Visual Aids; Documentaries; Films; Pictorial Stimuli; Iran (Tehran) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Multimediales Lernen; Unterrichtsmedien; Unterrichtserfolg; Collegestudent; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Anschauungsmaterial; Documentary film; Documentary films; Dokumentarfilm; Film; Fantasieanregung
Abstract	Multimedia-assisted teaching results in eliminating traditional training barriers, facilitating cognition process and upgrading learning outcomes. This study attempted to examine the effects of implementing multimedia on teaching technical translation model and on the technical text translation ability of Iranian translation studies students. To fulfill the purpose of the study, a total of forty-six learners were selected out of fifty-seven participants in a higher education center in Tehran based on their scores in Preliminary English Test (PET) and were divided randomly in the experimental and control groups. Prior to the treatment, a technical text translation questionnaire was devised and then validated by three assistant professors of engineering fields and three assistant professors of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) at the university. This questionnaire was administered as a pretest to both groups. Control and experimental groups were trained for five successive weeks using identical course books but with a different lesson plan that allowed employing multimedia for experimental group only. The devised and approved questionnaire was administered as posttest to both groups at the end of the instruction. A multivariate ANOVA was run to compare the two groups' means on the PET, pretest and posttest. The results showed the rejection of all null hypotheses of the study and revealed that multimedia significantly improved technical text translation ability of the learners. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	European Knowledge Development (EUROKD). e-mail: editorial@eurokd.com; Web site: https://www.eurokd.com/journal/jd/1
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01