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Focus on Form in Task-Based Language Teaching to Improve Translation Skills

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  • Panachanok Chanwaiwit

    (Chiang Mai Rajabhat University)

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Focus on Form is one of several teaching methodologies in Task-Based Language Teaching, which mainly concentrates on communicative class setting. This study examines students? skills in Thai to English translation after implementing Focus on Form in Task-Based Language Teaching, and the students? feedback regarding the development of translation skills following this method. The target group was comprised of 40 third-year English-major students at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University. The experiment consisted of 5 three-hour lessons focusing on form in Task-Based Language Teaching. The data were collected through a Thai to English translation test, a Thai to English translation evaluation form and a student?s opinion questionnaire. After implementing this method, the students? translation capabilities reached a satisfactory level of 65.16%. The students? opinions toward the teaching method were positive. The results of this study demonstrated the benefits of employing a form-focused approach in a classroom setting, and exhibited factors that affect students? translation capabilities.

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  • Panachanok Chanwaiwit, 2018. "Focus on Form in Task-Based Language Teaching to Improve Translation Skills," Proceedings of International Academic Conferences 7808756, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:7808756
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