ERIC Number: ED596845
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Publication Date: 2019-Jul-26
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Working with Online Communities: Translating TED Talks
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This project aimed to explore how online open communities and resources could be used for language learning in a higher education context. Advanced language learners were introduced to translation and subtitling, and the use of open content to maintain their language skills post-graduation whilst engaging in a meaningful activity, namely sharing knowledge through translation in a volunteer project. Students were asked to translate the subtitles of a Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) or TEDx Talk of their choice and to review and provide feedback on two of their peers' translations. Most students enjoyed the activity, particularly being able to choose the talk they would be translating and having access to other students and volunteers to ask questions and get support with the linguistic and technical aspects of subtitling. A small number of students found the technical aspects of the activity challenging and did not enjoy the unpredictability of working in an open community. [For the complete volume, "New Case Studies of Openness in and beyond the Language Classroom," see ED596829.]
Descriptors: Speeches, Translation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Program Descriptions, Advanced Students, Learning Activities, Native Language, Layout (Publications), Feedback (Response), Undergraduate Students, French, German, Spanish, Open Universities, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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