The Role of Translation in Second Language Learning: Junior Secondary Level Learners’ Beliefs and Strategy Use on Writing Skills

Abstract

Translation has a noteworthy historical background towards second language learning, but to some extent, several researchers demonstrate that it only leads to a short-term, balanced connection between the local and second language learners. Despite these drawbacks, this study will investigate the secondary level learners’ beliefs about the use of translation for enhancing their writing skills. Furthermore, this research presents the outcome of a survey that is centered on learners’ thoughts, strategy use, and responses regarding a translation task. There are 15 secondary-level learners whose data have been collected for this research. Many researchers worked on the use of translation in second language learning, and most of them concentrated on the learners’ errors in translation and their ability to translate certain structures, but very few were on the importance of translation in teaching English. Finally, it has been found in this study that although the use of translation and strategies involving translation to learn a foreign or second language, there is a difference in the impact on learners from different media of instruction.