From Translation to Audiovisual Translation in Foreign Language Learning

Jennifer Lertola

doi:10.24310/TRANS.2018.v0i22.3217

Authors

Jennifer Lertola Università di Bologna Italy http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4991-8555

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/TRANS.2018.v0i22.3217

Keywords:

translation, audiovisual translation, subtitling, language learning

Agencies: This study has been supported by the Galway Doctoral Research Fellowship Scheme of the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway.

Abstract

The role of translation in foreign language learning has long been a subject of debate. With the advent of more communicative approaches, a tendency to avoid any type of translation in the language classroom became dominant. After contextualising translation in foreign language learning within some relevant teaching methods and approaches, this paper proposes subtitling as an Audiovisual Translation task that can be effectively used in foreign language learning within a communicative perspective.

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Author Biography

Jennifer Lertola, Università di Bologna

Dr. Jennifer Lertola colabora con la Scuola di Lingue e Letterature, Traduzione e Interpretazione de la Università di Bologna. Doctor (con la mención Doctor europeo) en Lingüística Aplicada por la National University of Ireland, Galway. Sus líneas de investigación incluyen la Traducción Audiovisual (TAV) como herramienta de aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras y el uso de las TIC en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras, y posee un buen número de publicaciones recientes en forma artículos en revistas peer-reviewed y capítulos de libros.

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