EFFICIENCY OF THE USE OF AUTHENTIC WEB-RESOURCES IN TRANSLATORS TRAINING

The article deals with pedagogical assumptions and efficiency of the use of Information and Communication Technologies, especially authentic web-resources, while teaching language for specific purposes (translators and interpreters). Accuracy, content, and functionality of web-resource TED, which co...

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Main Authors: Iryna M. Drobit, Nataliia V. Rak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Information Technologies and Learning Tools 2013-06-01
Series:Інформаційні технології і засоби навчання
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Online Access:http://journal.iitta.gov.ua/index.php/itlt/article/view/802
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Summary:The article deals with pedagogical assumptions and efficiency of the use of Information and Communication Technologies, especially authentic web-resources, while teaching language for specific purposes (translators and interpreters). Accuracy, content, and functionality of web-resource TED, which contains examples of authentic speech in English, have been outlined. It has been demonstrated that usage of multimedia and communication facilities of the TED web-resource provides favourable opportunity to involve students in such professional activities as translation and proofreading, and also to improve the level of their language skills.
ISSN:2076-8184