Mojgan Rahimi Ghoroghi, Hajar Khanmohammad, Gholam-Reza Abbasian

Readability of English Textbooks of IT and Their Persian Translations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Teaching based on foreign textbooks is common in universities, and translation plays a crucial role in increasing the knowledge of students. Most of the IT (Information Technology) professors in Iran suggest students study the original textbooks. The readability level of translated textbooks can be one of the reasons for this suggestion. The present work was an attempt to compare the readability levels of English IT textbooks and their Persian translations, using the Gunning Fog Index. Additionally, this book includes an introduction to reading and readability, different kinds of texts, factors affecting readability, the effect of readability level of the books for motivating students to read, various readability formulas, and the pros and cons of using readability formulas. This book can be useful for translators, IT professors, IT syllabus designers and IT test developers as well as anyone else who may be interested in readability.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 167g
• ISBN-13: 9783659951879
• ISBN-10: 3659951870
• Artikelnr.: 46451353

Autorenporträt

Hajar Khanmohammad, PhD: TEFL. Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch, Tehran.Gholam-Reza Abbasian, PhD: Applied Linguistics. Faculty Member of Imam Ali and Azad Universities, Tehran.Mojgan Rahimi Ghoroghi, M.A.: Translation Studies at Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch. Translator and Editor, Tehran.