This study attempts to explore the relationship between translation and English as a foreign language writing proficiency and the writing time's effect on this relationship through detailed analysis of a case stud...This study attempts to explore the relationship between translation and English as a foreign language writing proficiency and the writing time's effect on this relationship through detailed analysis of a case study of sixteen English majors who are required to write four English compositions, each time each group adopting one of the two different writing methods: the direct method and the translation-based method. The first two writing tasks have a time limit of 45 minutes while the latter two do not. The results show that the translation-based method has advantages over the direct writing method with regard to the quality of the compositions. Based on this finding, the author claims that the translation-based method is an effective way to train and enhance EFL learners' English writing ability.展开更多
This study is undertaken to find out writers' attention patterns in these two different writing methods (the direct method and the translation-based method) during the writing process through the think-aloud metho...This study is undertaken to find out writers' attention patterns in these two different writing methods (the direct method and the translation-based method) during the writing process through the think-aloud method and EFL learners' perception of the advantages and disadvantages of those two writing methods.The results show that the subjects' attention patterns in the direct method and in the translation-based method are quite different and the differences are mainly embodied in the linguistic level attention and personal comment.As far as the subjects are concerned,writing directly in English is easier and faster than writing through translation,and the direct writing method often helps them learn English language and forces them to focus on English expression.In contrast,for the translation-based writing method,the subjects as a whole relate that they have a wide range of vocabulary and expressions,have a greater number of ideas,and can think through ideas clearly.展开更多
文摘This study attempts to explore the relationship between translation and English as a foreign language writing proficiency and the writing time's effect on this relationship through detailed analysis of a case study of sixteen English majors who are required to write four English compositions, each time each group adopting one of the two different writing methods: the direct method and the translation-based method. The first two writing tasks have a time limit of 45 minutes while the latter two do not. The results show that the translation-based method has advantages over the direct writing method with regard to the quality of the compositions. Based on this finding, the author claims that the translation-based method is an effective way to train and enhance EFL learners' English writing ability.
文摘This study is undertaken to find out writers' attention patterns in these two different writing methods (the direct method and the translation-based method) during the writing process through the think-aloud method and EFL learners' perception of the advantages and disadvantages of those two writing methods.The results show that the subjects' attention patterns in the direct method and in the translation-based method are quite different and the differences are mainly embodied in the linguistic level attention and personal comment.As far as the subjects are concerned,writing directly in English is easier and faster than writing through translation,and the direct writing method often helps them learn English language and forces them to focus on English expression.In contrast,for the translation-based writing method,the subjects as a whole relate that they have a wide range of vocabulary and expressions,have a greater number of ideas,and can think through ideas clearly.
