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Second Language Acquisition, Language Teaching and Translation Studies
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The authors describes recent developments in second language acquisition (SLA) and shows that they translate into a different kind of relationship among SLA, language teaching and translation studies, and examines similarities and differences in the goals and objects of study of the above disciplines.Abstract:
Current interaction among second language acquisition (SLA), language teaching and translation studies is not entirely positive. One possible source for this mutual alienation lies not in disconnected fields of study, but in misunderstood notions about these fields and in the history of a particular research paradigm. This paper describes recent developments in SLA and shows that they translate into a different kind of relationship among SLA, language teaching and translation studies. It further examines similarities and differences in the goals and objects of study of the above disciplines, and reviews and synthesizes the legacy of language teaching in translator training. Finally, by summarizing research in SLA that is relevant for translation studies, the author illustrates the relationship among the fields under study with respect to specific research areas and to teaching. Some implications for translator training are pointed out.read more
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第二语言习得研究 = The study of second language acquisition
TL;DR: Second language acquisition research has been extensively studied in the literature as discussed by the authors, with a focus on second language acquisition in the context of English as a Second Language Learning (ESL) programs.
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第二语言习得研究概况 = An introduction to second language qcquisition reserch
TL;DR: This paper aims to provide a history of second language acquisition research methodology and its applications in the field of interlanguage studies and aims to clarify the role of data analysis in this research.
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Testing and assessment in Translation and Interpreting Studies
TL;DR: This book discusses testing and assessment in translation and interpreting studies, and develops assessment tools on the basis of comparable corpora to assess meaning-oriented assessment of translations.
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Can Theory help translator and interpreter trainers and trainees
TL;DR: A number of theoretical principles enable trainers to explain to trainees the difference between language and discourse, and hence the reason why literal translation does not work at text level; the way understanding emerges from the merging of linguistic meanings with real world knowledge, and the necessity of documentary research.
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The study of second language acquisition
TL;DR: Second language acquisition research has been extensively studied in the literature as discussed by the authors, with a focus on second language acquisition in the context of English as a Second Language Learning (ESL) programs.
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The Study of Second Language Acquisition
TL;DR: Data, theory, and applications in second language acquisition research Glossary Bibliography Author index Subject index
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A Cognitive Process Theory of Writing
Linda Flower,John R. Hayes +1 more
TL;DR: In a recent survey of composition research, Odell, Cooper, and Courts noticed that some of the most thoughtful people in the field are giving us two reasonable but somewhat different answers as discussed by the authors.
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A textbook of translation
TL;DR: A textbook of translation as discussed by the authors, a text of translation, is a textbook of the translation of translation in Arabic and Persian language from the Middle East to the Middle-East, and
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Descriptive Translation Studies – and beyond
TL;DR: This is an expanded and slightly revised version of the book of the same title which caused quite a stir when it was first published (1995), and reflects an additional step in an ongoing research project which was launched in the 1970s.