Reconceptualising translation as intercultural mediation
A renewed place in language learning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12184335 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Angela Scarino (0000-0001-7389-3717, University of South Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 470-485 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0907-676X • E-ISSN: 1747-6623 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0907676x.2015.1022192 |
| OpenAlex | W2292511735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 23 |
Since the 1970s translation has been discredited in languages teaching and learning. Nevertheless, it can be seen as a natural phenomenon in many domains of contemporary, globalised life. Furthermore, learners themselves have not ceased to use translation as a strategy in the process of language learning. They necessarily use their primary language as the basis for understanding and using an additional language or to use and understand their primary language in contexts in which it is a minority language. This process can be likened to the task of translators as they seek to establish a relationship with another language and culture. In this paper I discuss translation as an act of intercultural mediation. Translation in language learning is presented in two senses: as a valuable intercultural activity in itself, and as fundamental to the act of language learning. I then discuss the way in which translation has been included in the development of the new (national) Australian curriculum for languages and the contestation that has emerged in relation to its inclusion. I argue that it is a reconceptualisation of translation as intercultural mediation that permits its value in language learning to be fully realised
Linguistics · Mediation · Social science · Sociology · Translation (biology · Chemistry · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching
Teaching language as communication
Identity and Language Learning
Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning
From Communicative Competence to Symbolic Competence
Multilinguality, Multimodality, and Multicompetence
Teaching Foreign Languages in an Era of Globalization
Modernity at large
Of Texts and Translations and Rhizomes
Toward an Identity Theory of the Development of Chinese as a Heritage Language
Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics
A thing of the future
Context and culture in language teaching
Own-language use in language teaching and learning
Second language learning as a mediated process
Translating cultures
In translation
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0.75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |