Designing an instructional program based on the self-monitoring strategy and measuring its effect on the university students' development in translation skill and their motivation towards it

Other Title(s)

تصميم برنامج تعليمي قائم على استراتيجية المراقبة الذاتية و قياس أثره في تنمية مهارة الترجمة لدى طلبة الجامعة و دافعيتهم نحوها

Dissertant

al-Kayyali, Wafa Muhammad

Thesis advisor

Abd al-Haqq, Fawwaz Muhammad

Comitee Members

Qatawnih, Khalil S.
al-Jadiri, Adnan H.
Abu al-Shar, Awatif Mazal

University

Amman Arab University

Faculty

Faculty of Educational Sciences and psychological

Department

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Ph.D.

Degree Date

2013

English Abstract

The present study aimed at investigating the effect of instructional program based on the self-monitoring strategy and measuring its effect on the university students' development in translation skill and their motivation towards it.

More specifically, it attempted to answer the following questions: 1.

What are the characteristics of the instructional program based on the self-monitoring strategy? 2.

What is the effect of an instructional program based on the self-monitoring strategy on the university students' development in translation skill? 3.

What is the effect of an instructional program based on the self-monitoring strategy on the university students' motivation towards translation? To test the questions of the study the following hypotheses were formulated: 1.

There is no statistically significant difference at the level (α = 0.05) in the university students' development in translation skill between the experimental group and the control group due to the Instructional program.

2.

There is no statistically significant difference at the level (α = 0.05) in the university students' motivation towards translation skill between the experimental group and the control group due to the instructional program.

To achieve the aim of the study, the researcher used a quasi-experimental design.

The participants of the study were sixty seniors majoring in English language and translation at Al-Ahliyya Amman University.

These were purposfully divided into an experimental group and a control group.

To examine the questions of the current study, the researcher designed an instructional program based on the self-monitoring strategy to measure its effect on the university students' development in translation skill.

This program consisted of eight lessons.

Also the researcher designed a translation performance test and a motivation questionnaire to measure students' motivation towards translation before and after the experiment for both groups.

The validity and reliability of the program, the performance translation test, and the motivation questionnaire were ensured.

The experiment lasted for one semester (approximately three months).

Students' scores on the translation performance test and their motivation towards translation were statistically analyzed using ANCOVA.

The findings of the study showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups in translation performance test in favor of experimental group (38.916) which was taught using the self-monitoring strategy.

The findings also showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups in students' motivation towards translation in favor of experimental group (81.16).

In light of these findings, the researcher proposed recommendations to university instructors of translation and researchers who are interested in translation instruction.

Main Subjects

Educational Sciences
Languages & Comparative Literature

Topics

• Education
• Higher education
• Learning
• Languages
• Language acquisition

No. of Pages

163

Table of Contents

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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-580951