Mock Conference’s Impact on Internalizing Translating and Interpreting Learners’ Motivation

• 作者: Minjuan Gao
• 来源期刊: 当代教育研究(百图)
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: INTERNALIZATION of motivation mock conference second/foreign language(L2)acquisition SELF-DETERMINATION
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（3）
• 页码范围: 55-71
• 页数: 17页
• 分类号: H31

摘要

The internalization of motivation in second/foreign language(L2)learning and the use of mock conferences(MCs)to prepare translating and interpreting learners for future professional careers have been widely researched by scholars,but whether MC can facilitate the internalization of T&I learners’motivation is under-researched.Based on self-determination theory(SDT),this thesis investigates the effectiveness of MC in facilitating internalization of motivation through an empirical study which involves a 2-week long pedagogical experiment on two parallel classes of T&I learners taught by the same teacher in their 1st year of graduate study at Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation,Beijing Foreign Studies University.The research shows that compared with traditional teachercentered teaching model,MCs can better facilitate internalization of T&I learners’motivation.This article justifies the use of MCs as a situated approach in interpreting teaching and describes the design of MCs according to the psychological needs of SDT.In addition,the paper offers suggestions for further improvement of MCs design at the postgraduate level.