Informatologia, Vol. 50 No. 3-4, 2017.
Stručni rad
THE USE OF BACK TRANSLATIONS IN THE LINGUISTIC CLASS: TEACHING RUSSIAN THROUGH ENGLISH
Natalia Kaloh Vid
; Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Mariboru, Maribor, Slovenija
Sažetak
The following paper focuses on the use of back translations in the linguistic course of the Russian language. I suggest that by reading, analyzing and discussing back translations, students can improve their knowledge of Russian, learn about the functions of the language and understand how social relations of power are exercised and negotiated in and through discourses. The chapter outlines the method that was introduced in the second part of the 30-hour course, once the students were familiar with the Cyrillic alphabet and could read short sentences. English translations from Russian literary texts were chosen for the practical step of the activity. The students were asked to focus only on culturally-specific items and to translate them back to Russian. The activity’s aim was to raise the students’ interest and to inspire them to use their imagination. In the second step of the activity, the students shared their solutions and ideas with the teacher.
Ključne riječi
back translation; russian language; english language; education
Hrčak ID:
192057
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.12.2017.
Posjeta: 1.310 *