Teaching translation at secondary and university levels by

Communicative method

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Focusing first on oral communication and reflection before more formal writing.

Games, competitions, time limited tasks- make it dynamic, not the 'boring' activity they think it is

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Group #2

2025-06-27 10:23:47 UTC

Focusing learners on what translation involves as a process (including its fun and creativity)

Look at AI-produced translations first. Then, reflect on positive and negative aspects of these translations.

2025-06-27 10:25:28 UTC

Placing students' translation processes at heart of teaching and assessment

2025-06-27 10:26:19 UTC

Helping students see translation as a collaborative, communicative and inclusive practice

2025-06-27 10:27:19 UTC

Doesn't work - translation in exam conditions

2025-06-27 10:28:02 UTC

Privilege translation into English rather than French

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Articulating the pedagogic reasoning behind translation tasks to alleviate motivation challenges

2025-06-27 10:31:11 UTC

Understanding and producing appropriate registers

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Producing appropriate registers in translations, particularly after the year abroad

2025-06-27 10:32:18 UTC

Level of English - encourage them to read in English similar style of texts that students are translating from French

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Level of English - encourage them to read similar source texts in English

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Encourage students to search for more creative words and justify these choices based on research

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Reading levels in their own language

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Encourage pupils to read a newspaper on a regular basis or select articles in English related to the topics they are studying so that phrasing in native language becomes more natural

I recommend textivate.com for translation. You can build in steps i.e. vocab, chunks of text and then translation.

2025-06-27 10:37:57 UTC