AL-MUTARĞIM المترجم
Volume 4, Numéro 1, Pages 91-107
2004-06-30

The Fall And Rise Of Translation In English Teaching Methodology

Authors : Bouteldja Riche .

Abstract

This paper is a modest attempt to review the place that pedagogic translation holds in different methods of teaching English as a foreign language. It is written with three aims in the mind: A) To trace how translation has fared in three basic methods of teaching English i.e. the Grammar Translation Method, the Audio-Lingual Method, and Communicative Language Teaching. B) To explain how the fall and rise of translation in these methods is due to shifts of paradigms in theories of second language acquisition, the linguistic view of language, and philosophies of education. C) To suggest ways of rehabilitating translation in English language programmes in Algeria.

Keywords

Translation; Teaching; Grammar-Translation Method; Communicative Approach; Audio-Lingual Method.