The Language-(in)Dependence of Writing Skills: Translation as a Tool in Writing Process Research and Writing Instruction
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| contents | The Language-(in)Dependence of Writing Skills: Translation as a Tool in Writing Process Research and Writing Instruction Susanne Göpferich Bridgit Nelezen Lengua y Literatura Text Writing vs translating level errors Writing in L2 A pilot study was conducted in which 6 students with L1 German had to produce a German version of a text they had composed in their L2 English. The goals were to explore (a) in what respects the ability of advanced university English students to express themselves in their L2 English differs from their ability to do so in their L1 German, and (b) for which aspects of writing the implementation of translation exercises is useful as a tool to improve writing skills. The methods of data collection used were think-aloud and keystroke logging. In the analysis, special emphasis was placed on text-level errors as opposed to formal, lexical and grammatical errors. In their L1 versions, students were consistently able to avoid errors of implicitness and sense but displayed no improvements in other areas such as text coherence and functional sentence perspective. Though some of the errors could be attributed to the special requirements of the translation assignment, translation was also found to have certain advantages that make it a useful tool in writing didactics. 2014 artículo científico 1889-4178 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=265134676004 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=2651 MonTI. Monografías de Traducción e Interpretación application/pdf Universitat de València MonTI. Monografías de Traducción e Interpretación (España) |
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| publisher | Universitat de València |
| spellingShingle | The Language-(in)Dependence of Writing Skills: Translation as a Tool in Writing Process Research and Writing Instruction Susanne Göpferich Lengua y Literatura Text Writing vs translating level errors Writing in L2 The Language-(in)Dependence of Writing Skills: Translation as a Tool in Writing Process Research and Writing Instruction Susanne Göpferich Bridgit Nelezen Lengua y Literatura Text Writing vs translating level errors Writing in L2 A pilot study was conducted in which 6 students with L1 German had to produce a German version of a text they had composed in their L2 English. The goals were to explore (a) in what respects the ability of advanced university English students to express themselves in their L2 English differs from their ability to do so in their L1 German, and (b) for which aspects of writing the implementation of translation exercises is useful as a tool to improve writing skills. The methods of data collection used were think-aloud and keystroke logging. In the analysis, special emphasis was placed on text-level errors as opposed to formal, lexical and grammatical errors. In their L1 versions, students were consistently able to avoid errors of implicitness and sense but displayed no improvements in other areas such as text coherence and functional sentence perspective. Though some of the errors could be attributed to the special requirements of the translation assignment, translation was also found to have certain advantages that make it a useful tool in writing didactics. 2014 artículo científico 1889-4178 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=265134676004 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=2651 MonTI. Monografías de Traducción e Interpretación application/pdf Universitat de València MonTI. Monografías de Traducción e Interpretación (España) |
| title | The Language-(in)Dependence of Writing Skills: Translation as a Tool in Writing Process Research and Writing Instruction |
| topic | Lengua y Literatura Text Writing vs translating level errors Writing in L2 |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=265134676004 |