4-step Translation Skills Training at Vocational College

1. 4-step Translation Skills Training at Vocational College Zhang Lihua Liaoyang Vocational College of Technology

2. The Rationale 4-step method The application of 4-step method The benefit of 4-step method

3. The Rationale • The Characteristics of Vocational Education • The nature of translation • The reality of translation teaching

4. 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

5. 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

6. The 4-step method • Step 1: analyzing • Step 2: translating • Step 3: adjusting • Step 4: Polishing

7. 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

8. 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