| Author(s) | Said Shiyab* and Mohammad Abdullateef** |
| Affiliation | *Associate Professor, and ** Assistant Professor, Dept. of European Languages and Translation, College of Languages & Translation, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Title | Translation and Foreign Language Teaching |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Languages & Translation. Volume 13, No 1. (2001/1421) |
| Abstract | This paper starts with the assumption that translation, when applied adequately and effectively, can be used as a means of language learning and language teaching. Despite the controversy of the adequacy or inadequacy of using translation in the teaching of a foreign language, this paper argues that analytical and descriptive studies along with teachers' observations have revealed valuable additional information about the validity of using translation as a tool for language learning and/or language teaching. Therefore, those who believe that translation has a minimal role to play in the teaching of a foreign language are invited to think again of its role and contributions it makes to the fields oflanguage learning. |
