Student Agency in Translator Training: Setting a Framework for Good Practices

• Authors: Maria González Davies

Abstracts

EN

Both teacher and student agency have been discussed and researched for quite some time in different learning contexts. Here, I will present a general framework for pedagogical practices that enhance translator education by promoting student agency defined as the process through which learners become capable of strategic actions which form the basis for autonomy and confidence in their own proficiency and effectiveness. I will suggest how student agency and collaborative and situated learning can interact to provide students with professional and relational skills that set the basis for the development of autonomous strategic learning. This combined approach involves the acceptance and use of planned and spontaneous learning opportunities embedded in contextualised activities, tasks, and projects. Some practical examples will illustrate the main points.

Keywords

EN

collaborative learning; self-concept; situated learning; student agency; translator training

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Research in Language
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 117-133

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Maria González Davies

• FPCEE-Blanquerna, University Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/1731-7533.19.2.02

Biblioteka Nauki

2028597