Iranian Instructors’ Practices and Criteria for Teaching English Translation

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 622
Author(s):  
Elham Heidari ◽  
Bahram Mowlaie
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
English Translation ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Made In

Concerning the significant role of translation as a significant field which contributes to intercultural communication, assigning valid criteria for teaching translation is necessary to make sure that the best practices are employed by instructors’ to teach translation skills. This, in return, would help translation students be equipped with better translation skills. However, little research has been conducted to see what training practices translation instructors employ in their translation training classrooms. More significantly, it has been little research to determine the criteria that are behind the practices instructors employ in their translation training classroom. The purpose of the current research was to determine what practices instructors follow in their English translation classrooms and what criteria are behind these practices. To serve this purpose, the classrooms of ten English translation instructors were observed in an Iranian academic context using an observation checklist. Subsequently, the instructors were asked to write about the criteria behind their teaching practices in an open-ended questionnaire. The results of the study showed that the instructors’ practices were consistent with some of the principles made in the literature an inconstant with others. The instructors referred to the criteria behind the translation teaching practices they employed in their classrooms. Implications that these findings have for the field of translation are presented and some suggestions for further research in this area are given.

scholarly journals Evolving Role of the Information Center: Challenges and Directions

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 1-35
Author(s):  
Sajjad ur Rehman
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Information Center ◽  
It Applications ◽  
Developed Nations ◽  
Made In ◽  
Information And Knowledge Management

The paper provides a critical review of the development of information center through different phases, transformation of the information center in response to the inter-disciplinary imperatives of information and knowledge management, IT imperatives, trends in the areas of content, services, management, and personnel, and future possibilities and prospects. An extensive review of literature was made in order to discern trends and analyze the current situation in pertinent areas focused in this paper. It was noted that the information center has changed through different phases. Information and knowledge management have made a distinct impact on the dynamics of the center. Changes in resources and services, IT applications, user community, and management practices are most evident. These factors have been critical in shaping the identity and substance of the information centers. Based on this analysis, challenges facing the information centers have been elaborated. Best practices in specific areas in the developed nations have been highlighted. Future of the information center is projected to be dynamic, enterprising, and challenging. This review is useful for taking strategic cues for planning and managing the information centers.

Eros Interrupted

2021 ◽  
pp. 127-149
Author(s):  
Tony Pipolo
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Special Weight ◽  
Visual Description ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Made In

The two films discussed in this chapter on Robert Beavers speak to two kinds of loss. The Ground is an elegiac work made in the wake of the death of Gregory Markopoulos, friend and partner of Beavers from the early 1980s until Markopoulos’ death. Sotiros is compoed of three earlier films, later combined into one film in two sections. The first section is a visual description of the Beavers/Markopoulos relationship, while the second focuses on the impact on that relationship of injuries suffered by Beavers as a result of an accident. The author argues that the melancholic tenor of these circumstances is given special weight through the filmmaker’s use of synecdoche, contrasting the head, lens, and tripod of the camera with various parts of his damaged body. In both sections of the film the significant role of Apollo as the god of light and healing is stressed.

scholarly journals Education in European cinema and society’s exclusion of the young

Comunicar ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (35) ◽  
pp. 53-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Martínez-Salanova-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
European Cinema ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Children Education ◽  
Made In

This article analyses the portrayal of education in European cinema from the perspective of systems of education and the behaviour of teachers and pupils in the classroom. Since its very beginnings, cinema has played a significant role in forming the collective European memory, and has cast a critical eye over pedagogy and didactics, especially with regard to young outcasts. The article reviews a number of films whose subject is education, the classroom and the role of parents and teachers in educating children. Education and children is a recurring theme in European cinema, which examines its subject from a critical viewpoint that is sometimes satirical and occasionally savage. The exclusion, marginalization, neglect and manipulation of children and adolescents, and the abuse and merciless severity of certain educational systems are all part of the collective European memory thanks to the condemnation of some of the best films ever made in the continent. They ask pointed questions about educational systems, the behaviour of teachers and inadequate didactics, as well as tackling the conflicts in a multiethnic society. Analizar el cine europeo desde una perspectiva educativa y en cuanto a sus sistemas educativos y la vida en las aulas de profesores y alumnos, es el objeto de este trabajo. El cinematógrafo, desde sus comienzos, ha tenido una gran influencia en el establecimiento de la memoria colectiva europea, en especial, en la visión crítica que aporta al mundo de la pedagogía y la didáctica, que ha tratado casi desde sus inicios, en particular hacia los menores y adolescentes marginados. Se citan brevemente y se presentan una serie de films que tienen que ver con la educación, las aulas, el rol de maestros, profesores, padres y educadores en relación con los niños… temas que han sido recurrentes en el cine europeo, expuesto en su mayor parte de forma crítica, y en ocasiones, de manera satírica o con excepcional dureza. La exclusión, la marginalidad y el abandono, la manipulación de niños y adolescentes, los malos tratos y la dureza despiadada de algunos sistemas educativos… forman parte de la memoria colectiva de Europa, con la ayuda de algunas denuncias del mejor cine que se han realizado en el Continente. Se plantean así agudos interrogantes sobre la educación, los sistemas educativos, los comportamientos de maestros y profesores y la escasez de didácticas adecuadas, así como los conflictos en una sociedad multiétnica.

scholarly journals Raising International Discourse Rights in Translation and Interpreting Pedagogy

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
Dawn Fei-yue Tsang
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
International Competitiveness ◽  
Training Model ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Communication Competency ◽  
Market Requirements ◽  
International Discourse

This research project aims at consolidating and revitalizing translation and interpreting pedagogy with dual emphasis on the cultural soft power and international discourse rights of China via emphasizing international competitiveness. In order to realize the significant needs of the current market requirements and the new era of China, this project proposes the “ICC” interpreting training model. It refers to the combination of intercultural communication competency with international competitiveness as the teaching and learning outcomes by means of integrating the following five components in the course content and the whole curriculum design: (1) interpreting competency – bilingual competence and interpreting skill-based training; e.g., short-term memory and note-taking; (2) national value – strengthening translation and the crucial roles and responsibilities of interpreter trainers and trainees in disseminating national culture; (3) expertise of subject matters – equipping students with expertise for work field and meeting the market requirements; e.g., specific professional knowledge and jargons demanded by the tasks; (4) professional ethics and image – extra-linguistic knowledge emphasizing a translator’s and an interpreter’s professional code of conduct and ethics in a way that can establish the “iconic” image of a professional interpreter; e.g., confidentiality, posture, and appearance; (5) practical assessment – evaluation of students’ performance in practical translation and interpreting opportunities and/or internship in organizations of various natures according to international standards. This research proposes a new training model to incorporate intercultural communication competency with international competitiveness. The significant role of interpreting pedagogy in contributing to a sound national name is investigated. The new “ICC” model that this research is proposing answers such a call for the significant role of raising cultural soft power and international discourse rights in China.  

scholarly journals Empathic Communication in the Process of Teaching English

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 117-122
Author(s):  
Elena Osadcha
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Humanistic Psychology ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Empathic Communication ◽  
Empathic Process

The aim of this study is to analyze the ways empathy influences the effectiveness of the process of teaching English. The problem of empathic communication in the educational process is considered. The genesis of the concept of empathy is traced in behaviorism, psychoanalysis and in humanistic psychology. The aspects of empathy are distinguished and characteristics of the empathic process are determined. The role of empathy in the educational process and in the teacher’s behaviour is described. The significance of empathy in intercultural communication of English learners is assessed.

Advertising Agencies and Interactive Media

2012 ◽  
pp. 92-110
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Interactive Media ◽  
Advertising Agencies ◽  
Online Interactions ◽  
Lead Generation ◽  
Made In

For advertising to be efficient, various methods are used. Forming emotional or rational attractions, characterizations, animation, developing memorable mottos, and propaganda are some methods that allow an advertisement to achieve more success. To design a dynamic advertisement, a department should be organized inside or outside of an organization, with a staff demonstrating outstanding marketing skills. This chapter provides a detailed analysis of advertising agencies. It first presents a perspective of advertising agencies, and follows with the nature of the industry, work environment, and other involved elements. Next it deals with the role of advertising agencies in the new media and introduces concepts that have emerged due to changes made in the agency environment. Moreover, two groups of interactive agencies which play a significant role in online interactions are discussed: network advertising and lead generation.

scholarly journals Creation of animation products as a resource of overcoming interculturalcommunicative difficulties of teenagers

2019 ◽  
pp. 132-136
Author(s):  
Oksana N. Vishnevskaya
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Multicultural Environment ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Difficult Situations

The article raises the problem of intercultural communication in the heterogeneous educational environment of the school. It is shown that the process of communication in a multicultural environment contains potential risks for the emergence and actualisation of variative communicative difficulties in adolescents of different nationalities. The resources of coping with adolescents with difficult situations of intercultural communication are considered. The significant role of the technology for creating animated products in the development process of adolescents' system of individual resources to overcome communicative difficulties is shown.

scholarly journals Synta-Pragmatics of The Conjunctions in Kurdish Language

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Salah H. Rasoul ◽  
Omar M. Kareem
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Great Role ◽  
Made In

The title of this research is (The Syntax-Pragmatics of the Conjunctions in Kurdish Language). The conjunctions have a great role in language by connecting between words, phrases and sentences. They also have a significant role in deletion of reduction extra elements. These are some examples of them in Kurdish; ‘belam, û, belku, ne…ne, keçî, and so on’. They have a great role in clarifying the aims of the speaker and its ideas. The study consists of two main parts and the bibliography. In the first part of the research, the syntactical role of the conjunctions is shown. Furthermore, the places of the conjunctions in compound sentences are explained. According to the Kurdish language grammatical rules, there is not a specified gap for the conjunctions, and their places are changeable within compound sentences. Besides that, compound sentences also categorized according their dual or multi branches. Each part of the compound sentences have its importance, and their level are not same. The second part of the research deals with the pragmatics role of the conjunction. The focus is on the new meaning that are made in collocation with other parts of the sentence to send the message of the speaker. This is because their meaning is very related with the context. Eventually, the conclusion is drawn.

scholarly journals Corporate governance, role of the best practice codes and protection of minority shareholders in Italy

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Sancetta ◽  
Alessandro Gennaro
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Minority Shareholders ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Tender Offers ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Made In

The aim of the paper is analysing the relationship between governance systems and safeguard of minority shareholders in Italy. We believe that an appropriate governance system can favour a fair distribution of value to shareholders of listed companies regardless of the size of the share held. We studied the tender offers made in Italy in the period 2000-2009 to calculate the relationship between the compliance of governance systems with best practices and size of majority premiums paid in take-over transactions, measured through offer prospectuses. The empirical research shows a negative association between the mentioned variables. So this seems to suggest that the compliance with best practice codes can influence the majority premiums in tender offers and protect minority shareholders

scholarly journals A Preliminary Exploration of Teachers’ Attitudes towards Intercultural Communication through ELF

EL LE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Maria De Bartolo
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Lingua Franca ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Initial Results

The present paper draws attention to the intercultural nature of English used as a lingua franca in flexible, dynamic and evolving communicative settings and consequently, to the need for language teachers to become aware of the multifaceted English world, where goals and purposes for using English are constantly challenged and re-created. Drawing on the connection between Intercultural communication research and ELF findings, the paper aims to provide empirically-grounded suggestions for language teachers in the hope to stimulate reflections on the role of intercultural aspects in classroom approaches and therefore, encourage to incorporate ELF-oriented pedagogies in well-established teaching practices. In light of a theoretical background, an exploration of language teachers’ attitudes towards ELF and intercultural issues will be conducted and the initial results of a preliminary study presented. Finally, implications for language teaching will be offered.

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