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4-step Translation Skills Training at Vocational College. Zhang Lihua Liaoyang Vocational College of Technology. The Rationale 4-step method The application of 4-step method The benefit of 4-step method. The Rationale. The Characteristics of Vocational Education The nature of translation
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4-step Translation Skills Training at Vocational College Zhang Lihua Liaoyang Vocational College of Technology
The Rationale 4-step method The application of 4-step method The benefit of 4-step method
The Rationale • The Characteristics of Vocational Education • The nature of translation • The reality of translation teaching
The Characteristics of Vocational Education • Employment oriented • Emphasis on practical skills training • Flexibility in class organization • Emphasis on practical skills in evaluation • Close connection between teaching and real world practice. • Requirement for teachers with practical experiences in related field
The tradition of translation teaching • More on the learning about translation than the translation practice itself • Systematic but time-consuming • More effort, less achievement • Frustrating teachers, bored students • Miss the target of vocational education
The 4-step method • Step 1: analyzing • Step 2: translating • Step 3: adjusting • Step 4: Polishing
The application of 4-step method • Workshop as class organization • Teacher guided practice step by step • Micro-skill teaching when needed • Technique scaffolding when needed
The benefit of the4-step method • meet the requirement of vocational education • Reflect the nature of language and translation • Efficient and effective • Fostering good translation behavior • Arouse students’ interests • Raise students’ cooperative awareness