A learning-service and ethics experience between translation students and children and teenagers in social vulnerability

Abstract

Framed in the Postgraduate research project «Ethics in the training of language teachers», this Service-Learning experience narrates the university extension project, aimed at children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability and carried out by ten Translation students from Brasilia University in 2015-2016. Its objectives were to promote social work, teaching practice for university students and to develop a professional conscience and ethics. They did that by teaching instrumental Spanish courses. Articulated in the observation and prior and subsequent reflection, the research has mixed design, analysis of cases and open questionnaires to know the beliefs, expectations, and opinions of the students. As a result, academic performance improved, and theoretical concepts were consolidated. Personally, social and communication skills were perfected. In the professional aspect, qualities and competencies for teaching were acquired. Finally, in the social sphere, there was greater awareness of inequalities.

Articulated in the observation and prior and subsequent reflection, the research has mixed design, analysis of cases and open questionnaires to know the beliefs, expectations, and opinions of the students.
As a result, academic performance improved, and theoretical concepts were consolidated. Personally, social and communication skills were perfected. In the professional aspect, qualities and competencies for teaching were acquired. Finally, in the social sphere, there was greater awareness of inequalities.