Interlinguistic Mediation as a Tool to Learn Spanish as a Foreign Language: the Case of/for Pedagogical Translation

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1 Interlinguistic Mediation as a Tool to Learn Spanish as a Foreign Language: the Case of/for Pedagogical Translation Adolfo Sánchez Cuadrado - UCL - a.cuadrado@ucl.ac.uk

2 Translation and Language Learning... OR RATHER LANGUAGE TEACHING? Grammar-Translation Method Grammar Translation Knowledge Direct Method, Audio-lingual Method, Communicative Method Output in L2 Input in L2 Intake Interlanguage TRANSLATION

3 Why the rejection? Arguments & counter-arguments Epistemological misconceptions LC + RC + OE + WE OM/WM Translation Pedagogy vs Pedagogical Translation Use of L1 Translation as......a communicative activity...a text operation...a cognitive and communicative strategy

4 Winds of change More recent methodologies GENERATING TASK Output in L2 Input in L2 FoF Intake Interlanguage FoF TRANSLATION CEFR (2001, 2017) + Developments in Foreign Language Methodology

5 Methodology TRANSLATION AS A COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITY!!

6 Methodology TRANSLATION AS A COGNITIVE STRATEGY Sánchez Cuadrado, A. (forthcoming) Uso de imágenes en actividades de traducción pedagógica: el caso contrastivo inglés-español de la pasiva perifrástica in Cadierno, T., Castañeda, A. e Ibarretxe, I. (eds.), Lingüística cognitiva y español como lengua extranjera, Series: Routledge Advances in Spanish Language Teaching. Oxford: Editorial Routledge.

7 Methodology TRANSLATION AS A COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGY Sánchez Cuadrado, A. (forthcoming) Aprendizaje formal de ELE mediante actividades cooperativas de traducción pedagógica con atención a la forma. Colección Monografías. ASELE.

8 Empirical validation TFM Group TFF Group ELE Group Equivalent pretest starting point Equivalent pedagogical intervention except for the methodological approach: Same conditions: time frame, number of sessions, linguistic aspects. Different goal and methodology: to translate news (TFF /TFM) or to write news (ELE) Samples Immediate learning Pushed output (translating news) Two main research hypotheses validated

9 Hypothesis 1 H1: Focus on form is as effective when applied in pedagogical translation activities as when applied in language learning activities in terms of immediate intake.!

10 Hypothesis 2 H2: Translation activities with a focus on form are more effective than translation activities without a focus on form when preparing for pushed output (translation).!

11 Bibliography Alcarazo, N. y N. López (2014), «Aplicaciones didácticas de la traducción pedagógica en la clase de ELE», redele, n.º 24. Cook, G. (2010), Translation in Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press. de Arriba García, C. y F. Cantero Serena (2004a), «Actividades de mediación lingüística para la clase de ELE», redele, n.º 2. Duff, A. (1989), Translation. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Galindo Merino, Mª Mar (2013), «La lengua materna del aprendiz en el aula de ELE», en Actas del Encuentro Práctico. Barcelona: International House y la Editorial Difusión. [En línea] Disponible en González-Davis, M. (2007), «Translation: Why the Bad Press? A Natural Activity in an Increasingly Bilingual World», Humanising Language Teaching, n.º 2. House, J. (2016), Translation as Communication across Languages and Cultures. Oxon, Nueva York: Routledge. Hurtado Albir, A. (1988), «La traducción en la enseñanza comunicativa», Cable, n.º 1, pp Kerr, P. (2014), Translation and Own-language Activities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kumaravadivelu, B. (1994), «The Postmethod Condition: (E)merging Strategies for Second/Foreign Language Teaching», Tesol Quarterly, vol. 28, n.º 1, pp Laviosa, S. (2014), Translation and Language Education. Pedagogic approaches explores. Londres y Nueva York: Routledge. Leonardi, V. (2010), The Role of Pedagogical Translation in Second Language Acquisition. From Theory to Practice. Berna: Peter Lang. North B. (2016.) «Developing CEFR illustrative descriptors of aspects of mediation», International Online Journal of Education and Teaching (IOJET), 3(2) Sánchez Cuadrado, A. (en prensa), Aprendizaje formal de ELE mediante actividades cooperativas de traducción pedagógica. Colección Monografías ASELE. Premio de investigación (Tesis doctoral) Madrid: ASELE. Sánchez Cuadrado, A. (en prensa), Uso de imágenes en actividades de traducción pedagógica: el caso contrastivo inglésespañol de la pasiva perifrástica en Cadierno, T., A. Castañeda, e I. Ibarretxe, (eds.), Lingüística cognitiva y español como lengua extranjera, Series: Routledge Advances in Spanish Language Teaching. Oxford: Routledge. Trovato, G. (2016) Mediación lingüística y enseñanza de español/le. Cuadernos de Didáctica del español/le. Madrid: Arco/ Libros-La Muralla. Widdowson, H. (2014), «The Role of Translation in Language Learning and Teaching» en J. House (ed.), Translation: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

12 Interlinguistic Mediation as a Tool to Learn Spanish as a Foreign Language: the Case of/for Pedagogical Translation Adolfo Sánchez Cuadrado - UCL - a.cuadrado@ucl.ac.uk