Translation and Foreign Language Teaching: A research agenda from the year of 2004 to 2013

Abstract

This paper describes and discusses a research agenda about “translation and foreign language (FL) teaching” which comprehends from the year of 2004 to 2013.It was investigated eight periodicals which publish about translation, linguistics and applied linguistics; it was found and collected 20 works which are linked to the thematic discussed here. The aim of this work is to outline a frame which may represent the current situation of the studies in this area. The data collected in this study show that there is a great research fragmentation concerning translation and FL teaching, once it was verified a lack of systematization regarding those studies, as well as little amount of publication, considering the time length investigated.

Keywords

• Translation
• Teaching
• Foreign Language