THE ROLE OF A LECTURER’S PERFORMANCE IN FACILITATING PROBLEM SOLVING FOR STUDENTS IN LEARNING TRANSLATION (A Case Study of a Good Lecturer at UKI Toraja, Indonesia)

Abstract

The objectives of the research are to find out (i) the problems that the lecturer faces
in teaching translation; (ii) the way of lecturer solves the problems in teaching
translation. The researcher employed qualitative method in form of naturalistic
approaches for the study. The data resources for the research included one lecturer
and students,. The instrument for the research consisted of observation, interview
and document file. In analyzing the data, the researcher employed cyclical model
by Miles and Huberman. The result showed that, (i) the problems that the lecturer
faced were from students themselves: lack of vocabulary, lack of knowledge in
grammar-structure, semantic, unmotivated student or passive students, students
were difficult in looking up the word in the dictionary, the students tended to use
translation machine and another problem was from outside the student was lack of
advanced dictionary; (ii) the lecturer solved the problems by reviewing the
material, simplifying the material by taking very close examples, using more than
one language in teaching, giving tips to translate, approaching the students by
asking questions, organizing the class and providing quiz, exercises, assignments,
and providing advanced dictionary, and comparing the use of translation theory
than translation machine in translating.