English Language and Literature International Conference (ELLiC) Proceedings
Vol 2 (2018): 2nd ELLiC Proceedings: Education 4.0: Trends and Future Perspectives in English Educa

Reflection on Implementing Quotes as Attractive Media Related to Student Motivation in Learning English-Indonesian Translation

Laeli, Asfia Nur (Unknown)
Kusumaningrum, Retno Damayanti (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Jul 2018

Abstract

A translator needs to choose the best diction in order to express the meaning without losing the aesthetic of language from source language to target language. Using quotes as one of attractive media could be the alternative way to improve student motivation in translating meaning andexpression. Quotes become new trend media learning in translation since quotes are rarely used by lecturers. The students often find quotes in social media that are related to their feeling, situation, and interest in their daily life. Therefore, using quotes for translating facilitate them inunderstanding the figurative language and help them learn relax circumstance. In this paper, the writer would like to share feedback from the students of the English Education Program of State University of Semarang Indonesia in the English-Indonesian translation class by reflecting on the student learning experience in Translation. This research uses descriptive qualitative. The researchers do the observation while in translation class in 2017. Then, the researchers conduct interview and questionnaire to collect the data from the research participants. The result of the study shows that the students give positive feedback that quotes increase student motivation in English-Indonesian translation since quotes is interesting media and help express their feeling.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ELLIC

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

English Language and Literature International Conference (ELLiC) proceedings are the proceedings of an annual international conference named the English Language and Literature International Conference (ELLiC). The proceedings publish scientific articles in the following fields - language teaching, ...