A Moodle-based Model for Teaching Written Translation Theory and Practice

This study aims to do an experiment under the Moodle-based model with the assistance of College Learners’ Exercises Online (CLEO) for the teaching and learning of Translation Theory and Practice (TTP) designed by the researcher of the present study and then applied to college learners in China. The participants were 80 English majors divided into an experimental group (EG) and a control group(CG). The research instruments were pre-tests and post-tests, a closed-ended questionnaire, and the TTP-CLEO system used on the platform of Moodle along with other blended teaching methods. Pre-tests and Post-tests were administered to both groups before and after the experiment followed by the questionnaire to EG participants for collecting data. The results demonstrate that after the experiment for one semester, the EG participants’ attitude towards the instructional model was affirmative and the Moodle-based model with other blended methods for teaching TTP could significantly improve the participants’ translating scores as well as stimulate their interests in working on the platform of Moodle installed with online translating exercises through the Internet, while the CG participants made limited progress in the traditional model of learning. Indications were made on the research findings with suggestions for TTP teaching