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Exploring the Undergraduate Students Perception on Translation - A Preliminary Step to Teach Translation in EFL Classes

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  • Roswani Siregar

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As we live in a world where English is a dominant language and the use of communication technology become part of our daily lives, we encounter many opportunities that deals with it. The studies on integration of translation-based learning activities in English as Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms is growing in recent years. But little known in Indonesia. The aim of this study is to explore the students perception on the current EFL learning in classroom, and their perception on translation as useful tools in language learning. The students perception is collected by online-questionnaire via Google Forms. The questionnaire comprises of ten questions that covers the students experiences in translation, learning methods, translation aid tools, preferred text materials, course length expection and willingness to attend the course. Based on data analysis result, the student perception and willingness to learn translation is determined. Student perception is crucial factor for teacher in helping the student to develop an effective learning and develop translation course design in university setting.

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  • Roswani Siregar, 2018. "Exploring the Undergraduate Students Perception on Translation - A Preliminary Step to Teach Translation in EFL Classes," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 11(9), pages 1-90, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:11:y:2018:i:9:p:90
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    1. Roswani Siregar, 2017. "Teaching Specific Purpose Translation: Utilization of Bilingual Contract Document as Parallel Corpus," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(7), pages 175-175, July.
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