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La traduction-médiation : pour une acquisition efficace des langues étrangères
Translation as Mediation: Towards an Effective Acquisition of Foreign Languages

Author(s): Layal Merhy
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Translation Studies
Published by: Risoprint
Keywords: foreign language acquisition; pedagogical translation; cultural mediation; action-oriented approach;

Summary/Abstract: In the last few decades, pedagogical translation was gradually reintegrated into the classroom as a means of facilitating foreign language learning. Consequently, it has been increasingly accepted as a beneficial learning practice. Particular attention has been given to the purpose of translatiion in language teaching and to its role as a form of language which is essentially communicative. The paper considers the reconceptualization and revitalization of translation as a pedagogical tool and addresses its ability to adapt and enable the acquisition of communicative competence in a foreign language. Furthermore, it explores translation as a means (process-oriented) and as an end (product-oriented), in a realistic learner-centered instruction.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 31-41
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: French