Individual Differences in Dictionary Strategy Use

Pedrazzini, Luciana; Nava, Andrea

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“…In information science, one of the first scholars investigating individual differences in how people look for information was Nigel Ford (1979). Other scholars contributing to this field include Allen & Kim (2001), Heinström (2005Heinström ( , 2006, Halder et al (2010), andPedrazzini &Nava (2012) 6 . Yet, despite the fact that, as Bawden & Robinson (2011, p. 282) note, the topic "has been discussed in literature for at least four decades", it still remains on the periphery of information behaviour studies, with the majority of investigations taking the statistical nomothetic approach 7 aimed to reveal general, broadlyapplicable principles.…”

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Trainee translators’ research styles: A taxonomy based on an observation study at the University of Silesia, Poland

Sycz-Opoń

2021

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This paper presents a typology of information-seeking styles exhibited by 52 students of the MA translation and interpreting programme at the University of Silesia, Poland. The typology emerged during the large-scale investigation into trainee translators’ research behaviour occurring during translation of a legal text from English into Polish (Sycz-Opoń 2019). The method of investigation combined observation of students’ recorded performances with a think-aloud protocol (TAP). The case-study analysis brought to light significant variation in student’s information-seeking behaviour, which had gone unnoticed in the aggregate statistical data. Individual differences included students’ source preference, search intensity, level of criticism towards sources, diligence, risk-taking, self-confidence, and source reliance. As a result of the analysis the six research styles emerged: traditionalist, innovator, minimalist, true detective, procrastinator, and habitual doubter. They are presented in this paper with special attention to each style’s strengths, weaknesses and recommended teaching approaches. The results suggest the need for information-seeking training geared towards the diverse needs of individual students.

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Section: Previous Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trainee translators’ research styles: A taxonomy based on an observation study at the University of Silesia, Poland

Sycz-Opoń

2021

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Individual Differences in Dictionary Strategy Use

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Trainee translators’ research styles: A taxonomy based on an observation study at the University of Silesia, Poland

Trainee translators’ research styles: A taxonomy based on an observation study at the University of Silesia, Poland

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