Research Article

Giving up or Pursuing Translation? The Impact of Strategic Competence on Motivational Persistence

Number: 43 June 15, 2020
  • Ayşe Işık Akdağ *
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Giving up or Pursuing Translation? The Impact of Strategic Competence on Motivational Persistence

Abstract

This study aims to analyse the strategic competence that Translation Studies students develop during the translator training process according to some variables and to explore its impact on the pursuit of translation goals. Research data was collected using the Metacognitive Learning Scale developed by Namlu (2004) and the Motivational Persistence Scale adapted into Turkish by Saricam et al. (2014). Research is conducted with 214 students enrolled in the English, French and German departments of Translation Studies in a public university using the relational screening model and correlational survey method. Results show that trainee translator’s strategic competence does not vary by department or class but by gender, age and academic achievement. General strategic competence and planning strategies of female translator candidates were higher than males and students’ strategic competence mean is slightly above the average. Another result was that when strategic competence increases, motivational perseverance increases accordingly. Furthermore, students using planning strategies or organizational strategies are more likely to pursue current and distant translation goals. Students using supervision or evaluation strategies on the other hand, can return to unresolved past goals in addition to going after current and long-term translation goals.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Ayşe Işık Akdağ * This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 15, 2020

Submission Date

November 11, 2019

Acceptance Date

March 13, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Number: 43

APA
Akdağ, A. I. (2020). Giving up or Pursuing Translation? The Impact of Strategic Competence on Motivational Persistence. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 43, 19-36. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.755495
AMA
1.Akdağ AI. Giving up or Pursuing Translation? The Impact of Strategic Competence on Motivational Persistence. SEFAD. 2020;(43):19-36. doi:10.21497/sefad.755495
Chicago
Akdağ, Ayşe Işık. 2020. “Giving up or Pursuing Translation? The Impact of Strategic Competence on Motivational Persistence”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, nos. 43: 19-36. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.755495.
EndNote
Akdağ AI (June 1, 2020) Giving up or Pursuing Translation? The Impact of Strategic Competence on Motivational Persistence. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 43 19–36.
IEEE
[1]A. I. Akdağ, “Giving up or Pursuing Translation? The Impact of Strategic Competence on Motivational Persistence”, SEFAD, no. 43, pp. 19–36, June 2020, doi: 10.21497/sefad.755495.
ISNAD
Akdağ, Ayşe Işık. “Giving up or Pursuing Translation? The Impact of Strategic Competence on Motivational Persistence”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 43 (June 1, 2020): 19-36. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.755495.
JAMA
1.Akdağ AI. Giving up or Pursuing Translation? The Impact of Strategic Competence on Motivational Persistence. SEFAD. 2020;:19–36.
MLA
Akdağ, Ayşe Işık. “Giving up or Pursuing Translation? The Impact of Strategic Competence on Motivational Persistence”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, no. 43, June 2020, pp. 19-36, doi:10.21497/sefad.755495.
Vancouver
1.Ayşe Işık Akdağ. Giving up or Pursuing Translation? The Impact of Strategic Competence on Motivational Persistence. SEFAD. 2020 Jun. 1;(43):19-36. doi:10.21497/sefad.755495

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