Vicarious Learning in the Translation Classroom: How Can It Influence Students' Self-efficacy Beliefs?

This action research study aims to analyse the ways in which vicarious learning, one of the sources of self-efficacy beliefs according to Social Cognitive Theory, can materialise in the translation classroom. To achieve this aim, a mixed methodological approach was adopted based on the following tec...

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Main Author: María del Mar Haro Soler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Bulgarian University 2019-06-01
Series:English Studies at NBU
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Online Access:https://esnbu.org/data/files/2019/esnbu.19.1.5.pdf
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description This action research study aims to analyse the ways in which vicarious learning, one of the sources of self-efficacy beliefs according to Social Cognitive Theory, can materialise in the translation classroom. To achieve this aim, a mixed methodological approach was adopted based on the following techniques: the interview, the survey, classroom observation and focus groups. Results show that vicarious learning took place in the translation classroom where this study was performed both through the students' comparison with professional translators and between peers. More particularly, a collaborative learning environment and practices such as the presentation of translation projects by the students, role-plays or discovering the careers of previous graduates favoured vicarious learning and thus positively influenced the participant students' self-efficacy beliefs, according to their perception. The results obtained contribute to shedding light on some ways to incorporate students' self-efficacy beliefs in translator education, satisfying the need underlined by several authors.
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spelling doaj.art-2d6aae7d75244d0390cd54dbba0e1ca72023-03-01T09:05:49ZengNew Bulgarian UniversityEnglish Studies at NBU2367-57052367-87042019-06-015192113https://doi.org/10.33919/esnbu.19.1.5Vicarious Learning in the Translation Classroom: How Can It Influence Students' Self-efficacy Beliefs?María del Mar Haro Soler0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8467-8932University of Granada, Granada, SpainThis action research study aims to analyse the ways in which vicarious learning, one of the sources of self-efficacy beliefs according to Social Cognitive Theory, can materialise in the translation classroom. To achieve this aim, a mixed methodological approach was adopted based on the following techniques: the interview, the survey, classroom observation and focus groups. Results show that vicarious learning took place in the translation classroom where this study was performed both through the students' comparison with professional translators and between peers. More particularly, a collaborative learning environment and practices such as the presentation of translation projects by the students, role-plays or discovering the careers of previous graduates favoured vicarious learning and thus positively influenced the participant students' self-efficacy beliefs, according to their perception. The results obtained contribute to shedding light on some ways to incorporate students' self-efficacy beliefs in translator education, satisfying the need underlined by several authors.https://esnbu.org/data/files/2019/esnbu.19.1.5.pdftranslator educationself-efficacy beliefsvicarious learningaction researchstudents' perceptionsmixed research
spellingShingle María del Mar Haro Soler
Vicarious Learning in the Translation Classroom: How Can It Influence Students' Self-efficacy Beliefs?
English Studies at NBU
translator education
self-efficacy beliefs
vicarious learning
action research
students' perceptions
mixed research
title Vicarious Learning in the Translation Classroom: How Can It Influence Students' Self-efficacy Beliefs?
title_full Vicarious Learning in the Translation Classroom: How Can It Influence Students' Self-efficacy Beliefs?
title_fullStr Vicarious Learning in the Translation Classroom: How Can It Influence Students' Self-efficacy Beliefs?
title_full_unstemmed Vicarious Learning in the Translation Classroom: How Can It Influence Students' Self-efficacy Beliefs?
title_short Vicarious Learning in the Translation Classroom: How Can It Influence Students' Self-efficacy Beliefs?
title_sort vicarious learning in the translation classroom how can it influence students self efficacy beliefs
topic translator education
self-efficacy beliefs
vicarious learning
action research
students' perceptions
mixed research
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