e-Pedagogium 2020, 20(4):14-25 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2021.011

Translation in Context as a Beneficial Teaching Approach

Linda Valešováa, Ondřej Dudaa
a Institute of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Education, Palacký University, Žižkovo nám. 5, 771 40 Olomouc, Czech Republic

The paper deals with translation in context as a tool for enhancing students' language skills. It discusses a role of translation in English language teaching, its suppression caused by the popularity of communicative approach and its recent revival. A focus is put on context which is necessary to convey messages correctly from one language to another respecting linguistic features of both languages and stylistic characteristics of the utterance. The practical part presents a research carried out among English students (future teachers) concerning their experience with translation and its specifics at secondary schools.

Keywords: translation, sentences, text, context, English language teaching.

Received: November 2, 2020; Revised: January 7, 2021; Accepted: February 7, 2021; Published: April 22, 2021  Show citation

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Valešová, L., & Duda, O. (2020). Translation in Context as a Beneficial Teaching Approach. e-Pedagogium, 20(4), 14-25. doi: 10.5507/epd.2021.011
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