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Chapter 10. Activities 5

Interpreting as mediation?
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Abstract

Chapter 10 deals with translations during educational activities. Translations are important because children display a strongly differentiated competence in understanding and speaking English as a lingua franca. In villages, adults’ translations are frequently instrumental to the achievement of assigned tasks while promotion of children’s active participation is scarce. During their translation activity, adults tend to strategically reduce renditions of translated turns and to avoid possible conflicts. Nevertheless, during the translation activity, dyadic interactions in the first language may be useful in promoting children’s active participation, and adults may also highlight the possibility to change decisions and reopen discussions. Dialogic mediation seems to be more likely in adolescents’ occasional translations for their mates in summer camps.

Abstract

Chapter 10 deals with translations during educational activities. Translations are important because children display a strongly differentiated competence in understanding and speaking English as a lingua franca. In villages, adults’ translations are frequently instrumental to the achievement of assigned tasks while promotion of children’s active participation is scarce. During their translation activity, adults tend to strategically reduce renditions of translated turns and to avoid possible conflicts. Nevertheless, during the translation activity, dyadic interactions in the first language may be useful in promoting children’s active participation, and adults may also highlight the possibility to change decisions and reopen discussions. Dialogic mediation seems to be more likely in adolescents’ occasional translations for their mates in summer camps.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Chapter 1. Empowering dialogue in intercultural settings 3
  5. Chapter 2. The research project 29
  6. Chapter 3. The CISV narrative 47
  7. Chapter 4. Organisational meetings 1 75
  8. Chapter 5. Organisational meetings 2 101
  9. Chapter 6. Activities 1 127
  10. Chapter 7. Activities 2 155
  11. Chapter 8. Activities 3 173
  12. Chapter 9. Activities 4 199
  13. Chapter 10. Activities 5 217
  14. Conclusions 241
  15. References 265
  16. Index 273
Dialogue in Intercultural Communities
This chapter is in the book Dialogue in Intercultural Communities
https://doi.org/10.1075/ds.4.10bar

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Chapter 1. Empowering dialogue in intercultural settings 3
  5. Chapter 2. The research project 29
  6. Chapter 3. The CISV narrative 47
  7. Chapter 4. Organisational meetings 1 75
  8. Chapter 5. Organisational meetings 2 101
  9. Chapter 6. Activities 1 127
  10. Chapter 7. Activities 2 155
  11. Chapter 8. Activities 3 173
  12. Chapter 9. Activities 4 199
  13. Chapter 10. Activities 5 217
  14. Conclusions 241
  15. References 265
  16. Index 273
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