Translation in second language learning and teaching
By: [editors] Arnd Witte, Theo Harden and Alessandra Ramos de Oliveira Harden.
Contributors: Witte, Arnd, 1955-; Harden, Theo.; Harden, Alessandra Ramos de Oliveira, 1970-; National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
Series: Intercultural studies and foreign language learning -- 3
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783039118977
Subjects: Second language acquisition -- Congresses; Translating and interpreting -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Congresses; Language and languages -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Proceedings of a conference, "Translation in second language teaching and learning", that took place at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, March 27-29, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Translation and second language learning : general considerations; title: Translation as an inevitable part of foreign language acquisition / Elke Hentschel; title: The methodological potential of translation in second  language acquisition : re-evaluating translation as a teaching tool /  Eidi Zojer; title: Translation as language awareness : overburdening or enriching the foreign language classroom? / Claus Gnutzmann; title: From translating to translation in foreign language learning / Arnd Witte; title: Translation as a means to intercultural communicative competence / Lisa Stiefel; title: Accessing conceptual metaphors through translation. Translation exercises : practical applications / Theo Harden; title: Improving syntactical skills through translation? making L2 word order visible in the L1 through word-by-word translations / Michael Merlein; title: Learning, translating and teaching language : cultural resonance, individual research and the contribution of information technology / Graham Howells; title: Translation as a fifth skill in EFL classes at secondary school level / Neide Ferreira Gaspar; title: Translating as a way of improving language control in the mind of an L2 learner : assets, requirements and  challenges of translation tasks / Boguslawa Whyatt; title: Language learning through sight translation / Jeanne Van Dyk; title: Terminology as an aid to enhancing reading skills / Rossa O'Muireartaigh; title: Inter-semiotic translation in foreign language acquisition : the case of subtitles : reading and translating literature in the foreign language classroom / Laura  Incalcaterra Mcloughlin; title: Teaching poetry translation to undergraduate students in Hong Kong / Kar Yue Chan; title: Zwischen tür und angel? metaphoric speech and literary translation in second language teaching and learning / Kathleen Thorpe; title: Translation as a learning well for teaching / Lillian Depaula; title: Literary translation and foreign language teacher education in Brazil : a possible path for an inclusive education / Vera Helena Gomes Wielewicki; title: Reading books with translations : getting over the reading barrier / Harald Weydt; title: Talking of cultural translation criticism / Anna Fochi; title: A full Irish breakfast : interlanguage perspective, intercultural perspective, or both? translation and second language teaching / Luca Pintado Gutierrez; title: Translation as a reading comprehension test : schemata and the role of the write it down protocol translation : focus on specific problems / Valerie Pellat; title: The rules of the game : translation as a privileged learning resource / Alessandra Ramos de Oliveira Harden; title: "You can say 'you' to me"? The concept of 'du' vs. 'sie' in language-learning material / Simone Schroth; title: Translation difficulties of anaphoric nouns and nominalizations / Nobuko Tahara.