مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - USING TRANSLATION IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Abstract :

This study aims to analyze the effect of using translation as an active teaching technique on the foreign language (English) learning performance of the students attending Battalgazi Vocational School at İnönü University in Malatya. The subjects of this study are 100 students attending the departments of Gardening, Pressing and Publishing, Greenhouse and Ornamental Plants Agriculture, and Local Administrations in Battalgazi Vocational School at İnönü University in Malatya during the academic year of 2005-2006. Pre-test/Post-test control and experiment group design was used in this study. The students were given a test with 30 questions as the pre-test/post-test form. Following the experimental process lasting for two weeks each having two lessons (2 x 45 mins.), the post-test form was given to the participants. And the scores from the post-test were analyzed using independent samples t-test and paired-samples t-test with the help of SPSS 13.0 Windows software program. The significance of the effect of translation, which is the experimental variable, was tested at 0.05 probability level. As a result of the t-test, it was found out that translation has a statistically significant effect on students’ success at 0.05 probability level.