Evaluación de materiales didácticos y competencia traductora: desarrollo y validación del cuestionario EMaCT para la profesionalización docente y discente en traducción e interpretación

José Ramón Calvo-Ferrer; Antonio Jesús Muñoz-Villena

doi:10.17533/udea.mut.v17n1a10

Authors

José Ramón Calvo-Ferrer Universidad de Alicante, España https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6440-1730
Antonio Jesús Muñoz-Villena Universidad de Alicante, España https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4205-9062

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.mut.v17n1a10

Keywords:

translator competence, translator training, teaching materials evaluation, professionalization

Abstract

Acquiring competences during university education is key to prepare students for the current challenges of the job market and society’s demands. In the field of translator training, translation competence development stands out as a key aspect where academic preparation and professional practice significantly converge. Student professionalization depends on that of the trainer, whose practical knowledge of the job market and skill in integrating theory and practice are crucial for training. For that purpose, it is indispensable to have reliable instruments to evaluate the quality of teaching materials and their adequation to the profession’s demands. This study addresses the development and validation of the questionnaire “Evaluation of Translation Competence Materials”, which was designed to measure, from the student’s perspective, the degree in which different materials contribute to the development of that competence and foster their future professionalization. Therefore, we present the questionnaire’s validation process, where dimension reduction methods were applied that made it possible to explain 63.9% of variance, with a high reliability index (α = 0.88). This work aims to contribute to the debate about the adequation of teaching materials to professional reality. Results show that the questionnaire is a tool that permits gathering valuable information to improve translator training and adapt this training to the current needs of the job market and society in general.

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Author Biographies

José Ramón Calvo-Ferrer, Universidad de Alicante, España

PhD in Translation and Interpretation at Universidad de Alicante, where he has taught, at the Department of English Philology, since 2008. His research interests focus on the use of new technologies in general and of videogames in particular for forign language learning and translator and interpreter training. He has published texts about videogames, translation, and language teaching in various specialized journals and publishing houses (British Journal of Educational Technology, ReCALL, Perspectives, Interactive Learning Environments, International Journal of Game-Based Learning, Peter Lang, Comares, Tirant Lo Blanch, etc.) and is currently a visiting professor at the University of Essex, where he teaches graduate courses about languages, translation, and videogames.

Antonio Jesús Muñoz-Villena, Universidad de Alicante, España

Psychologist specialized in high performance and associate professor at the Department of Communication and Social Psychology of Universidad de Alicante. His line of research focuses on the study of individual differences in performance contexts, both in sports and in academia, while placing special emphasis on psychological variables such as personality, anxiety, and psychological well-being. His work includes articles in high-impact journals like Revista Internacional de Medicina and Anales de Psicología, and chapters in books edited by prestigious publishing houses like NOVA and Panamericana.

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