The Application of Flipped Classroom in the Teaching of Translation for College English Majors

DOI

10.2991/icsshe-17.2017.120How to use a DOI?

Keywords

flipped classroom, the teaching of translation, English Majors, translation technique

Abstract

Flipped classroom is a new teaching model, which inverts the process of knowledge transfer and knowledge absorption and changes the students' and the teacher's role. The author has applied flipped classroom in translation teaching for college English majors for some time. In order to show the concrete application method and evaluate the teaching effect, the paper introduces a model class of the teaching of the translation technique amplification, and uses such research instruments as a questionnaire, an interview and the comparison of the students' translation works. The result of the evaluation shows that flipped classroom model can be well applied in translation teaching, but some factors need to be considered as well. The paper is different from previous studies in that the author applies flipped classroom in the teaching of translation for college English majors and the teaching effect is also evaluated by various research instruments.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Ling Tian
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DA  - 2017/09
TI  - The Application of Flipped Classroom in the Teaching of Translation for College English Majors
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 3rd International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 473
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SN  - 2352-5398
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