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Contribution of Applying CDA in Analysis of Online News with Different Political Views to Translation of Political Texts
Mohamadreza Asemi Pour,
Dr. Kollahi. S
Issue:
Volume 1, Issue 2, July 2013
Pages:
38-43
Received:
12 June 2013
Published:
20 July 2013
Abstract: This paper tries to investigate the impact of translators’ knowledge of critical discourse analysis and transitivity on accuracy of translation, with comparison of online news sources, in both English and Persian. Critical discourse analysis takes language as a social practice with close relation to the social and historical context from which it emerges. Kress in Van Dijk (1985: 29) states, "Ideologies find their clearest articulation in language (Mahdiyan.M 2013), and Mahdiyan in his paper analyses the discursive construction of ideology in Bush’s speech and flaws in its Persian translation due to translators’ lack of dominance on CDA analysis. This article attempts to consider Cable News Network (CNN) and Fars News and Press TV online viewpoints on the danger of use of chemical weapons in 2013 domestic war in Syria, and tends to prove that without taking all sides of news website contradictory stands into consideration, Translation of political English news to Persian would not be flawless.
Abstract: This paper tries to investigate the impact of translators’ knowledge of critical discourse analysis and transitivity on accuracy of translation, with comparison of online news sources, in both English and Persian. Critical discourse analysis takes language as a social practice with close relation to the social and historical context from which it e...
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Models of Intercultural Competences in Practice
Issue:
Volume 1, Issue 2, July 2013
Pages:
44-53
Received:
23 June 2013
Published:
20 July 2013
Abstract: Research in the area of intercultural competences has become increasingly popular. Scholars have been developing theoretical models for acquiring and evaluating intercultural competences, looking for connections between interdisciplinary subjects, and researching developments of intercultural competences in foreign relations, immigration, politics, education, commerce and health care. When new models are developed, they must be tested in diverse contexts in order to validate them and determine their intercultural relevance. This paper not only introduces several models of intercultural communication but also presents an overview of the studies performed on them, analyses their strengths and weaknesses and makes suggestions for further research. King and Magolda’s (2005) Developmental Model of Intercultural Maturity, Bennett's (1993) Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity, Gullahorn and Gullahorn’s (1963) W Model of Acculturation and Re-acculturation and Lysgaard’s (1955) U Curve Hypothesis” are addressed and results testing the models are presented here.
Abstract: Research in the area of intercultural competences has become increasingly popular. Scholars have been developing theoretical models for acquiring and evaluating intercultural competences, looking for connections between interdisciplinary subjects, and researching developments of intercultural competences in foreign relations, immigration, politics,...
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An Ecosystem-Wide Study of a Complex ESL Program through Activity Theory and Semiotics
Issue:
Volume 1, Issue 2, July 2013
Pages:
54-69
Received:
11 July 2013
Published:
10 August 2013
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate how a learning environment went about for second language (L2) learning. Drawing on an ecological perspective, this work conceives an after-school program aimed for promoting a group of secondary-school students’ L2 learning as an ecosystem or a whole that was highly complex due to interrelated layers of any contextualized details. In this context, to understand how a group of L2 learners regulated their L2 learning strategies in the environment became a complexity issue. To take on this challenge, this study turned to activity theory in terms of semiotics of signs to transforming any contextualized details – drawn from observations over 12 lessons – into an interwoven set of ecosystem-wide characteristics found relevant to L2 learning. The research focused on a group of four secondary-school students in Hong Kong, in an after-school home environment over 12 lessons, examining a range of teaching-learning activities. Data consisted of videotaping and field notes during and after each class based on a participant perspective through observations. As a result, the L2 learning environment was on the one hand described to be one where meaning-making signs were diversified and interrelated while maintaining their informational dynamism. On the other hand, active engagement, guidance-oriented regulation and activity aims were also found to function together progressively for (1) reaching specific L2 meaning-making goals closer and closer and (2) increasing opportunities for making meaningful contributions to each other’s mental understanding in L2.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate how a learning environment went about for second language (L2) learning. Drawing on an ecological perspective, this work conceives an after-school program aimed for promoting a group of secondary-school students’ L2 learning as an ecosystem or a whole that was highly complex due to interrelated layers of...
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