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What do we know? Translation and Language Learning, with Kirsten Malmkjaer and Mar Gutiérrez. Luxembourg: European Commission, 2013. - Questionnaire: 963 teachers and academics - Additional submissions: 101 - Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, Australia, China, United States Why not use translation? - Translating is old-fashioned, used for classical languages. - Translating is not communicative. - Translating stops students from thinking in L2. - Translating takes time away from more valuable learning activities. - Translating is for professionals only. Where are your students going? - Language subject 1: 160 students. - Language subject 3: 25 students. - Language subject 5: 39 students. - Language subject 7: 18 students - Language subject 9: 6 students. Why use translation? - Translating is old-fashioned, used for classical languages. - It can be used in many new ways, for any languages. - Translating is not communicative. - Don’t translators and interpreters communicate? - Translating stops students from thinking in L2. - Adult learners are thinking in L1 anyway. - Translating takes time away from more valuable learning activities. - Translating can teach many valuable things. - Translating is for professionals only. - It is one of the things that people actually do with a language, at all levels. How not to use translation - To repeat in L2 everything that has been said in L1. - To get students to give the one true correct translation. - To get students spending hours going between texts in L1 and L2.
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