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Pilar Ordóñez--López – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2025
The impact of attitudes on the learning process and on the academic results achieved by students has been the object of numerous studies, which have shown a connection between attitudes and learning. Similarly, the impact of students' attitudes towards learning a foreign language (mainly English) has been explored from a wide range of…
Descriptors: Translation, Student Attitudes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Wagdi Rashad Ali Bin-Hady; Arif Ahmed Mohammed Hassan Al-Ahdal; Samia Khalifa Abdullah – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: English as a foreign langauge (EFL) students find it difficult to apply the theoretical knowledge they acquire on translation in the practical world. Therefore, this study explored if training in pretranslation techniques (PTTs) (syntactic parsing) as suggested by Almanna (2018) could improve the translation proficiency of Yemeni EFL…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ohood Swar; Mohammed Mohsen – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Over the past few years, many studies have examined the cognitive processes of students when translating texts from one language to another. However, little is known about the cognitive processes of Arab translators when translating texts from their heritage language into English. This study aims to track the cognitive processes of students as…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Psycholinguistics, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Qiuyun Lu; Alice Deignan – SAGE Open, 2024
Metaphors are known to present both opportunities and challenges for second language learners, but relatively little is known about learners' awareness of them. To investigate this, we analyzed 72 argumentative essays written in English by a group of 37 intermediate Chinese university students of English. We identified metaphors using an…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Figurative Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Mutahar Qassem; Buthainah M. Al Thowaini – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Leveraging technological tools in educational research expands investigations into participants' behaviors and provides insights into learning patterns and teaching effectiveness through innovative data collection and analysis methods. Using keylogging data software, this study explored trainee translators' process and product behaviors under two…
Descriptors: Journalism, Translation, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Language Processing
Gregory J. Heathco – Communication Teacher, 2025
University classrooms are increasingly populated by students with diverse nationalities and native languages (L1). The growing number of students in English-led classrooms who speak English as a second or lower language (L2) may face added difficulties in understanding the specific task objectives or directions, as explained by native-…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis, Language Processing
Shiguo Shan – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2024
The translation of Russian literature into Chinese requires careful consideration due to the linguistic nuances and cultural subtleties involved. The works of Chekhov present challenges for translators aiming to maintain the original narrative's richness and cultural resonance in the Chinese context. The main objective of this study is to analyse…
Descriptors: Translation, Cultural Differences, Authors, Russian Literature
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2022
This study investigates interpreting directionality and interpreting competence of undergraduate interpreting students. It tried to answer the following questions: (i) Is there a significant difference between the beginners and advanced students' skills in Liaison interpreting from English to Arabic and Arabic to English, with Arabic as their L1…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ren, Jiaxin; Luo, Chuanwei; Yang, Yixin; Ji, Min – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
This study used an eye-tracking method to examine whether Chinese translation equivalents activated by English prime words can continue to activate their Chinese homophones. With 30 English prime words, and 60 Chinese target words as materials, the experiment used a Tobii eye-tracking device to collect data from 30 university students while…
Descriptors: Translation, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Word Frequency
Amir Mahshanian; Mohammadtaghi Shahnazari; Ahmad Moinzadeh – TESL-EJ, 2025
This study investigates the relationships among working memory (WM), syntactic parsing ability (SP), and L2 reading performance across varying proficiency levels. A cohort of 120 L1-Persian EFL learners was categorized into beginner, intermediate, and advanced proficiency groups based on their IELTS scores. Participants completed a reading span…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Achievement
Pham, Anh Tuan; Nguyen, Linh Thi Diem; Pham, Vi Thi Tuong – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
This study investigates the difficulties in translation and factors influencing the translating process from foreign language students' perspectives at a private university. This work also aims to find out the reasons why foreign language students encounter the difficulties in the process and learn about the different ways in which students…
Descriptors: Translation, Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen; Delorme Benites, Alice; Lehr, Caroline – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2023
Recent developments in machine translation (MT) might have led some people to believe that soon professional translation will not be needed, but most translator trainers are aware of the high demand for the quality that MT systems cannot deliver without human intervention. It is thus important that professional translators, trainers and their…
Descriptors: Translation, Professional Education, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software
Lee, Younghee Cheri; Jwa, Soomin – English Teaching, 2023
In recent years, an array of studies has focused on 'translationese' (i.e., unique features that manifest in translated texts, causing second language (L2) writings to be similar to translated texts but different from native language (L1) writings). This intriguing linguistic pattern has motivated scholars to investigate potential markers for…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Journal Articles, Documentation
Rocío Márquez Garrido; María-Elena Gómez-Parra; Cristina A. Huertas-Abril – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2024
In a global context increasingly prone to e-learning formats at all levels of education, especially in and after the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the acquisition of skills in distance learning programmes should not differ from the ones in onsite learning programmes. The main objective of this study is to analyse the perception that master's…
Descriptors: Translation, Distance Education, Masters Programs, Program Evaluation
Cheetham, Dominic – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2023
The positive effects of bi-modal input on language learning are becoming a largely accepted experimental finding. However, experiments looking at bi-modal reading in a foreign language are normally limited by the common experimental situation of classroom-based researchers studying university age participants for the limited timespan of a…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Translation, Language Processing, Japanese