1st Edition
A Social Constructivist Approach to Translator Education Empowerment from Theory to Practice
By Donald Kiraly
Copyright 2000
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
215 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is a book about the teaching and particularly the acquisition of translation-related skills and knowledge. Well grounded in theory, the book also provides numerous examples drawn from the author's extensive classroom experience in translator education and foreign language teaching.
Kiraly uses a number of classroom case studies to illustrate his method, including: introductory courses in... Read more
Chapter 1 Translation and Translator Education Fields in Flux; Chapter 2 Rethinking Approaches to Translator Education; Chapter 3 Key Principles of Social-constructivist Education; Chapter 4 On Instruction and Construction in the Classroom; Chapter 5 Initiation through Dialogue; Chapter 6 Authentic Experience and Learning in a Translation Exercise Class; Chapter 7 Knowledge Construction and the Translator’s Workstation; Chapter 8 Assessment and the Emergence of Translator Competence; Chapter 9 From Dead Bodies and Talking Heads to Holistic Second Language Acquisition in the Classroom; conclusion A Conclusion … and a Beginning;
Biography
Kiraly, Donald
... provides potential blueprints for ... introductory and project-based workshops, translation assessment and the introduction of computers in translation classroom ... stimulating reading for members of all parts of the translator training profession, as well as for potential clients wishing to establish a link to the translator training scene. (Karen Leube, The Translator)
... a cogent and highly stimulating argument in favour of a change away from traditional objectivist models ... to an approach which is more genuinely conducive to learner development. (Robert Neather, Translation Quarterly)
