Didactics of Translation: Text in Context

The degree of difficulty of the course

For this point, the students were asked to choose between two possible answers, namely, difficult or not very difficult.

Difficult	Percentage	not very	Percentage
10	66 %	5	33%
11	73%	4	26%

Students attending regularly (SAR) (15)
Students attending irregularly (SAI) (15)

Table: 6

Interpretation:
difficult

The majority of (SAR) and (SAI) consider the translation course difficult. This result is quite expected given the interdisciplinary character of translation.

2. The degree of assimilation of the course

A lot	Percentage	A little	Percentage
6	40 %	9	60%
6	40%	9	60%

The students were asked to choose between two possible answers: a lot or a little.

Students attending regularly (SAR) Students attending irregularly (SAI)

Table: 7

Interpretation:
Only 40 % of the SAR and SAI maintain that they have assimilated the course. This may be a disheartening result, which makes it imperative to consider the circumstances which may have led up to this situation. Among the likely reasons for this result, one can mention:

1. 
   the students’ general language level in both L1 and L2 (Arabic and English)
   
2. 
   the constraints on the teaching method used owing to the requirements of the experiment and due to the multitude of discursive points dealt with in a rather short time
   
3. 
   the students’ non-familiarity with the discursive points: register, text type, genre and discourse.
   
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