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Vol. 8:1 (2022) ► pp.30–48

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A quasi-experimental corpus-based study in public service interpreting and translation studies

 | University of Alcalá
Published online: 18 January 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ttmc.00083.mar
Abstract
Existing training programmes in the field of public service interpreting and translation (PSIT) do not to focus on how best to develop students’ lexical competence and corpora-based search skills. This paper reports the design, implementation and evaluation of a novel corpus-based module intended to develop Spanish postgraduate PSIT students’ lexical competence and search strategies. Adopting a mixed-methods quasi-experimental design, we administered a pre- and post-test to both an experimental group and a control group to collect quantitative data and determine whether the corpus-based module contributes to improving participants’ lexical competence and search strategies. Semi-structured focus groups were conducted to collect qualitative data, which were thematically analysed. The findings indicate that a corpus-based methodology significantly improves PSIT students’ skills in these areas, leading to the conclusion that such an approach should be adopted more widely in PSIT pedagogy.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Lexis in translation
  • 3.Corpus-based approaches in translation studies
  • 4.Method
    • 4.1Participants, treatment, and procedure
    • 4.2Quantitative research
    • 4.3Qualitative research
  • 5.Results
    • 5.1Quantitative results
    • 5.2Qualitative results
  • 6.Discussion
  • 7.Conclusion
  • References
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