USE OF JOURNALS IN TEACHING TRANSLATION FOR ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS OF NHA TRANG UNIVERSITY

Abstract

In the light of project-based language learning, this article describes a small study of 90 third year English-major students of Nha Trang University who were taking a translation course. One group was just encouraged to practise more after classtime. The other group was required to write translation journals as a kind of homework. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to collect data for analysis. The study aims at investigating whether these journals help the students make progress in this subject. The results of the research show that translation journals can be an effective tool for the students to review their lessons and improve their translation ability.