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Collaborative Translation of Wikipedia: With Whom Do Trainee Translators Collaborate and for What Purpose?
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Al-Shehari, Khaled; Almanna, Ali – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2022
This study aims to establish a model of collaboration that illustrates the various channels of collaboration that (trainee) translators go through in the course of translation, who they collaborate with, and why they choose to do so. To this end, it draws on an in-depth analysis of 21 medium-length Wikipedia articles translated by undergraduate…
Descriptors: Translation, Cooperative Learning, Collaborative Writing, Undergraduate Students
Using Texts Which Address Local Issues to Create a Discursive Space within an Undergraduate Writing Course
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Scotland, James – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2020
This study explores whether collaboratively writing about local issues would enable learners to deepen their understanding of their relationship with their own social context. A discursive space within an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course at an institution of higher education in Qatar was created. This was accomplished by replacing the…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Local Issues, Undergraduate Students, Writing Instruction
How the Experience of Assessed Collaborative Writing Impacts on Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Assessed Group Work
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Scotland, James – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
A time-series analysis was used to investigate Arabic undergraduate students' (n = 50) perceptions of assessed group work in a major government institution of higher education in Qatar. A longitudinal mixed methods approach was employed. Likert scale questionnaires were completed over the duration of a collaborative writing event. Additionally,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Collaborative Writing, Foreign Countries