Translation

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Translation Comprehension Strategy Training

• TE 891
• December 2, 2005

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Research Questions

• What strategies do students employ when asked to
  read, with comprehension, a passage of unseen
  (sight) Latin?
• How can strategy-training be implemented in a
  Latin classroom?
• What are the benefits and limitations of strategy
  training?

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Translation Strategy 1

• Word Replacement
• Write English words above corresponding Latin
  words
• Heavy reliance on dictionary
• Inefficient and slow

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Translation Strategy 2

• Kernel Chart
• Organize Latin forms into English word order
  (subject, verb, d.o., etc.)
• Strong grammatical skills
• Efficient and accurate
• Viewed as extra step

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Translation Strategy 3

• Verb-Centered Approach
• Identify and work from verb
• Hybrid of previous 2 strategies
• Strong grammatical skills reliance on
  dictionary
• Strongest translators use efficiently

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Strategy Instruction

• Benefits
• students trust their minds
• students know there is more than one right way to
  do things
• they acknowledge their mistakes and try to
  rectify them
• they evaluate their products and behavior
• memories are enhanced
• learning increases

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Benefits contd

• self-esteem increases
• students feel a sense of power
• students become more responsible
• work completion and accuracy improves
• they know how to try