Communicating Correct Syntax Through Translation Activities  

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Anastos, Perry

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Foreign Language Annals (Full Text; di PROQUEST 2004 - terbaru) vol. 12 no. 3 (1979), page 205-208.
Fulltext: 12_03_Anastos.pdf (219.65KB)

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The structure sheets presented in this paper offer translation activities to communicate correct syntax. Syntax mastered on the audio lingual level often cannot insinuate itself into students' minds when they are faced with translating or creating a sentence. They tend to 'think in English.' These structure sheets exploit this tendency, and the mechanical activities on English syntax lead the student to make a transition to the correct syntax in French. Throughout the year in 4 Level I1 class, such exercises were given to eliminate translating the present progressive and the past progressive (imperfect) word for word, and to develop more awareness of the reflexive construction, the imperfect tense, and the passe compose. The study described in this article observes the success of this approach. Working through the -mother tongue to arrive at an understanding in the second language seems to be useful, in some instances, in the learning process.

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