Reading Comprehension and Translation Performance of English Linguistics Students of Hung Vuong University: A Correlational Study
The study aimed to correlate the reading comprehension and translation performance of English linguistic students, then inform some pedagogical implications for the teaching of reading comprehension in translation classes in order to enhance the translation quality performed by the students. To t...
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doaj-51c6dff89966451fa8c2c5779033d10b2020-11-24T23:53:37ZengLasting Impressions PressInternational Journal of English Language and Translation Studies2308-54602308-54602017-09-0105037985Reading Comprehension and Translation Performance of English Linguistics Students of Hung Vuong University: A Correlational StudyCuc Thi Kim Pham0Department of Foreign Languages Hung Vuong University, VietnamThe study aimed to correlate the reading comprehension and translation performance of English linguistic students, then inform some pedagogical implications for the teaching of reading comprehension in translation classes in order to enhance the translation quality performed by the students. To this end, 45 junior students of English linguistics specialization of Hung Vuong University, including 5 males and 40 females, aged from 20 to 22, were subject to a TOEFL reading comprehension test and a translation performance test (ATA guidelines, 2011). Data were analyzed using the Pearson Correlation, SPSS version 20.0. The coefficient correlation of students’ reading comprehension and their translation performance was noted 0.721 at the significant level of 0.01. It was found that the Reading comprehension was closely related to translation performance. Along the reading comprehension question types, translation performance was affected by the ability to determine gist and main ideas of the text, identify the vocabulary, infer the implied meanings and identify the writer’s style and attitudes. The results were discussed, and implications for teaching reading comprehension to enhance translation performance were presented. http://www.eltsjournal.org/archive/value5%20issue3/10-5-3-17.pdfReading comprehensionTranslation performanceCorrelational StudyHung Vuong UniversityEnglish Linguistics Students |
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Reading Comprehension and Translation Performance of English Linguistics Students of Hung Vuong University: A Correlational Study |
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Reading Comprehension and Translation Performance of English Linguistics Students of Hung Vuong University: A Correlational Study |
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The study aimed to correlate the reading comprehension and translation performance of
English linguistic students, then inform some pedagogical implications for the teaching of reading
comprehension in translation classes in order to enhance the translation quality performed by the
students. To this end, 45 junior students of English linguistics specialization of Hung Vuong
University, including 5 males and 40 females, aged from 20 to 22, were subject to a TOEFL reading
comprehension test and a translation performance test (ATA guidelines, 2011). Data were analyzed
using the Pearson Correlation, SPSS version 20.0. The coefficient correlation of students’ reading
comprehension and their translation performance was noted 0.721 at the significant level of 0.01. It
was found that the Reading comprehension was closely related to translation performance. Along the
reading comprehension question types, translation performance was affected by the ability to
determine gist and main ideas of the text, identify the vocabulary, infer the implied meanings and
identify the writer’s style and attitudes. The results were discussed, and implications for teaching
reading comprehension to enhance translation performance were presented.
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Reading comprehension Translation performance Correlational Study Hung Vuong University English Linguistics Students |
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