IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/rfa/journl/v3y2015i5p167-180.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Perceptions of EFL Jordanian University Instructors of the Process of Teaching/Learning the Translation of Idioms

Author

Listed:
  • Amal Alrishan

Abstract

The study aimed at investigating the perceptions of EFL Jordanian University instructors of the process of teaching/learning the translation of idioms. The participants of the study were six M.A translation instructors at the University of Jordan and Yarmouk University who were selected purposefully. The total number of the instructors was 6. The instrument of the study was an interview with the translation instructors. The instructors indicated that teaching students how to translate idioms is not an easy task, especially when talking about opaque or peculiar idioms. Thus, some of them ask students to give the literal translation of the idiom if it conveys the meaning. Based on the findings of the current study, the researcher presented some recommendations and pedagogical implications.

Suggested Citation

  • Amal Alrishan, 2015. "The Perceptions of EFL Jordanian University Instructors of the Process of Teaching/Learning the Translation of Idioms," International Journal of Social Science Studies, Redfame publishing, vol. 3(6), pages 167-180, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:rfa:journl:v:3:y:2015:i:5:p:167-180
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijsss/article/view/1170/1133
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijsss/article/view/1170
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    EFL translation instructors; perceptions; teaching idioms.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:rfa:journl:v:3:y:2015:i:5:p:167-180. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Redfame publishing (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/cepflch.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.