Translating literature and learning culture.(teaching English as a foreign language in Japan) From: Academic Exchange Quarterly | Date: December 22, 2002| Author: Porcaro, James W. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Academic Exchange Quarterly. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Abstract

In teaching English as a foreign language at college and university level, translation of literature in the native language of students into English provides unique learning opportunities beyond the extraordinary engagement with the two languages themselves. The literature can provide students with opportunities to widen and deepen their understanding and appreciation of their own culture and to extend that sensitivity on a global scale to other peoples and thei...