The Role and Place of Translation in The French Department: The Case of 3rd Year Students At University of Oran 2

Abstract

Pedagogical translation is a type of translation employed in language education to improve the student’s literacy. The current paper attempts to evaluate the efficiency of introducing pedagogical translation in the French official syllabus of the 3rd-year Licence degree (L3). The researcher adopts the mixed method approach (case study research) to answer the research question. He used a student questionnaire, a teacher's interview, and an observation in the data collection procedure to ensure the reliability and validity of the findings. The data that confirmed the hypothesis were obtained from 3rd year students at the University of Oran 2 (Algeria). The result showed that the didactic translation significantly improved the student's reading comprehension and written expression, namely, grammatical, syntactic, and semantic levels. It also developed a set of strategies to help future French teachers mitigate the challenges and limitations in their careers. An insertion of the translation as a fundamental module at all academic levels was suggested to ensure thorough mastery of the language.