Naslov
Translation Exercise Aided by Data-Driven Learning in ESP Context

Autori
Marinov, Sanja

Izvornik
ESP Today: Journal of English for Specific Purposes at Tertiary Level (2334-9050) 4 (2016), 2; 225-250

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
English for Tourism ; lexis ; translation ; concordance ; specialised corpus

Sažetak
English for Tourism ; lexis ; translation ; concordance ; specialised corpus

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija, Filologija

Napomena
This paper studies the possibility of combining a simple translation exercise with a small- scale concordance exercise with students of non-philological studies, more precisely students enrolled in the English for Tourism course at the Faculty of Economics in Split, Croatia. The paper explains the rationale behind such a combination of exercises and explores how efficient the students were in dealing with the proposed exercises which focus on lexical items. Although teaching subject- related terminology is an important aspect of teaching an ESP course, this paper presents the case of teaching and practicing general words (the verb take) in its frequent subject-related meanings and usages. To cater for this need, a small specialised corpus was used as a starting point and the British National Corpus was queried for verification and comparison. Overall, a simple lexical corpus-based exercise provided useful targeted information concerning the predicted pitfalls in students’ translations. Although only some students actually used it in an attempt to improve their (original) translations, they were highly successful. The feedback collected in the questionnaires shows that students were generally very satisfied with the experience.

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