Translation in ESL Classes
Translation in ESL Classes
Author(s): Imola Katalin NagySubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: language teaching; method; translation; communicative and postcommunicative language classes
Summary/Abstract: The problem of translation in foreign language classes cannot be dealt with unless we attempt to make an overview of what translation meant for language teaching in different periods of language pedagogy. From the translation-oriented grammar-translation method through the complete ban on translation and mother tongue during the times of the audio-lingual approaches, we have come today to reconsider the role and status of translation in ESL classes. This article attempts to advocate for translation as a useful ESL class activity, which can completely fulfil the requirements of communicativeness. We also attempt to identify some activities and games, which rely on translation in some books published in the 1990s and the 2000s.
Journal: Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica
- Issue Year: 7/2015
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 87-107
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English