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Research on Online and Offline Blended Teaching for Translation Courses of English Major

Author(s)

Chengtong Sun*

Affiliation(s)

School of Foreign Language Studies, Shandong Jiaotong University, Jinan, Shandong, China *Corresponding Author.

Abstract

There are generally some problems in the teaching of translation courses for English majors in domestic universities, such as lacking for scientificity and innovation of times in teaching methods and course materials, which cannot stimulate students’ initiative in learning; the poor teaching effectiveness, which cannot meet the needs of the rapid socio-economic development. This article analyzes the main problems currently existing in translation courses for English majors in domestic universities, and demonstrates the necessity and feasibility of implementing blended online and offline teaching in translation courses in combination of Constructivism. And the author also explores the optimization of the teaching mode, textbook construction, corpus and other aspects of translation courses based on the rapid development of current network information technology, and establishes a student-centered, blended teaching mode that combines online and offline teaching, ultimately improving the teaching quality of translation courses for English majors.

Keywords

Constructivism; Translation Courses for English Majors; Blended Online and Offline Teaching; Teaching Quality; Optimization.

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