Research on the Problems and Enhancement Strategies in Higher Vocational English Translation Teaching

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Descriptive statistics of English translation grade before and after experiment

	Group	N	Mean	Std. Deviation	Std. Error Mean
Before experiment	Experimental group	50	56.234	15.371	2.452
	Control group	50	55.867	15.672	2.604
After experiment	Experimental group	50	66.374	14.637	2.387
	Control group	50	57.625	15.856	2.473

Independent sample t test of English translation grade before and after experiment

		Levene’s test for equality of variances?		T-test for equality of means
		F	Sig.	t	df	Sig.(2-tailed)	Mean difference	Std. error difference	95% confidence interval of the difference
									Lower	Upper
Before	Equal variances assumed	0.122	0.685	0.124	55	0.886	0.405	3.546	-6.665	7.765
	Equal variances not assumed			0.124	54.753	0.886	0.405	3.548	-6.667	7.770
After	Equal variances assumed	0.005	0.945	2.422	55	0.018	8.042	3.458	1.208	15.145
	Equal variances not assumed			2.421	52.673	0.018	8.042	3.461	1.202	15.151

Independent sample t test of self-efficacy before and after experiment

		Levene’s test for equality of variances		T-test for equality of means
		F	Sig.	t	df	Sig.(2-tailed)	Mean difference	Std. error difference	95% confidence interval of the difference
									Lower	Upper
Before	Equal variances assumed	0.105	0.725	-0.405	66	0.675	-0.402	0.985	-2.420	1.565
	Equal variances not assumed			-0.405	65.542	0.674	-0.402	0.985	-2.422	1.567
After	Equal variances assumed	1.215	0.224	12.034	66	0.001	9.547	0.763	8.036	11.126
	Equal variances not assumed			12.062	64.872	0.001	0.762	3.461	8.039	11.123

Descriptive statistics of self-efficacy of experimental and control group

		Mean	N	Std. Deviation	Std. Error Mean
Experimental group	Before	75.522	50	4.672	0.683
	After	86.453	50	3.126	0.542
Control group	Before	76.235	50	4.358	0.572
	After	77.237	50	3.748	0.615

Higher vocational English translation classroom observation record

Course name	Teaching activity	TT	ST1	St2	AT	PT
Business English translation	Teach new course, practice and summarize and consolidate	70min/77.8%	5min/5.6%	15min/16.7%	3	5
English-Chinese translation	Import, teach new course, practice and summarize and consolidate	81min/90%	3min/3,3%	9min/10%	3	18
Chinese-English translation	Teach new course and summarize and consolidate	60min/66.7%	10min/11.1%	20min/22.2%	2	4
Reading and translation of newspapers	Teach new course and practice	78min/86.7%	0min/0	12min/13.3%	1	8
Film translation	Teach new course and summarize and consolidate	80min/88.9%	0min/0	10min/11.1%	1	2
Advanced English and Chinese translation	Import and teach new course	89min/98.9%	0min/0	1min/1.1%	0	1

Descriptive statistics of self-efficacy before and after experiment

	Group	N	Mean	Std. Deviation	Std. Error Mean
Before experiment	Experimental group	50	75.522	4.672	0.683
	Control group	50	76.235	4.358	0.572
After experiment	Experimental group	50	86.453	3.126	0.542
	Control group	50	77.237	3.748	0.615

Paired samples t test of self-efficacy of experimental and control group

		Paired differences					t	df	Sig.(2-tailed)
		Mean	Std. Deviation	Std. Error Mean	95% confidence interval of the difference
					Lower	Upper
Experimental group	Before—After	-11.546	2.623	0.445	-12.562	-10.824	-25.415	36	0.001
Control group	Before—After	-1.637	1.115	0.154	-2.228	-1.415	-10.332	37	0.001

Descriptive statistics of experimental and control group

		Mean	N	Std. Deviation	Std. Error Mean
Experimental group	Before	56.234	50	15.371	2.452
	After	66.374	50	14.637	2.387
Control group	Before	55.867	50	15.672	2.604
	After	57.625	50	15.856	2.473

Paired samples t test of experimental and control group

		Paired differences					t	df	Sig.(2-tailed)
		Mean	Std. Deviation	Std. Error Mean	95% confidence interval of the difference
					Lower	Upper
Experimental group	Before—After	-8.874	7.542	1.458	-10.653	-5.024	-5.235	25	0.001
Control group	Before—After	-1.257	20.316	3.014	-7.218	4.645	-0.425	24	0.625