Teachers’ and Learners’ Views: Translation and Learning English as a Foreign Language

The study sought to investigate the teachers' and learners' views on translation and learning English as a foreign language learning. To do this, ۴۰ EFL teachers and ۸۰ EFL students of both genders were selected from different universities in Kerman (Azad, Bahonar, Payame Nour, and Kerman Institute of Higher Education) based on convenience sampling. They participated in this quantitative research where data came from a related questionnaire as the source of data collection. It should be noted that reliability and validity of the questionnaire were assessed by the researcher. Finally, the data were analyzed using SPSS software. The results indicated the EFL teachers' and students' positive views on translation and learning English as a foreign language. In other words, the employment of translation method in the English classes in Iran has created relatively positive views in teachers and learners. Also, in order to compare the teachers’ and learners' views to the translation EFL context, a sample independent t-test was done, and the results indicated that there was no difference between the two groups of teachers and learners' views.