THE EFFECTS OF BILINGUAL DICTIONARY USE AND TEACHER FEEDBACK IN TRANSLATION TASKS ON ENGLISH AS A S ECOND LANGUAGE VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
Abstract
This study attempts to answer the question how much new vocabulary students can learn and retain from their translation tasks. In this study, EFL students at Faculty of Philology are divided into the experimental and control group. At the initial translation phase, the experimental group will be given a translation task on their own with bilingual dictionary support. In the second phase, the same group will be given their corrected translation. Then they will be asked to rewrite the initial translation with corrections, using the dictionary and they will be given feedback from their teacher. In the third phase, they will be asked to translate it again, but this time with no dictionary use. There will be no feedback from the teacher either. The control group will do the same translation tasks three times but without any teacher feedback.
The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of bilingual dictionary use and teacher feedback in translation tasks on EFL vocabulary development. The experimental method will be used in this study. The expected results of this study will show that both bilingual dictionary use and teacher feedback do produce positive results in terms of retention of previously unknown or partially known vocabulary.
About the Authors
T. V. Stokic
Pan-European University “APEIRON“ for Multidiscipline & Virtual Studies
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tijana Vasiljevic Stokic – PhD, Assistant Professor. She teaches Methodology of Teaching English as Foreign Language at Paneuropean University Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dr Vasiljevic Stokic holds a PhD from the University of Belgrade.
Vojvode Pere Krece 13, 78000 Banja Luka
V. Polovina
University of Belgrade
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Vesna Polovina – PhD, full time professor. She teaches Applied Linguistics at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philology. Dr Polovina holds a PhD from the University of Belgrade.
Faculty of Philology, Studentski trg 1, 11000 Belgrade
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Stokic T.V., Polovina V. THE EFFECTS OF BILINGUAL DICTIONARY USE AND TEACHER FEEDBACK IN TRANSLATION TASKS ON ENGLISH AS A S ECOND LANGUAGE VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT. Linguistics & Polyglot Studies. 2016;(6):116-126.
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