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1、ConceptMaps:Theory,Methodology,TechnologyProc.oftheSecondInt.ConferenceonConceptMappingA.J.Cañas,J.D.Novak,Eds.SanJosé,CostaRica,2006THECONCEPTMAPASACOGNITIVETOOLFORSPECIALIZEDINFORMATIONRECALLSoniaHalimi,ETI,UniversitédeGenève,SuisseEmail:Sonia.Halimi@eti.unig
2、e.ch,www.unige.chAbstract.Thepresentarticlediscussessomeaspectsrelatedtotheprocessoftextanalysiswithaconceptmapaimingatstructuringtextualknowledgeandachievingabetterrecallofinformationinthecontextofteachingtechnicaltranslation.Theconceptmapisconsiderednotasasys
3、temforrepresentingknowledgestructuresofdomains,butasacognitivemeansusedasamethodfortextanalysisinspecializedfields.Thepaperreportsdatafromaresearchprojectinwhichtheauthorcarriedoutanexperimentontwostndgroups:the1groupanalyzedthetextbyextractingitsdataintheformo
4、faconceptmap,whereasthe2groupproceededusingthetraditionaltooloftextanalysis.Thetwogroupswerelatersubjectedtorecalltests;freerecallandrecallbyquestionnaire.Oneveryconsistentfindingshowsthattheuseoftheconceptmapasatooloftextanalysishelpednotonlyinretainingthemain
5、informationunitsofthetext,butalsoinrecallingtextualunitsindefinedsemanticcategories.1IntroductionThereferentialbasisofthispaperisastudybytheauthoronknowledgerepresentationinbothreadingandtranslationtasksanditseffectsonknowledgeacquisitionanddevelopmentinspecial
6、izedfields.Inbringingthetranslationlearnertotheexpertlevel,wearguethatperformancecanbeimprovedwhenthemethodsandstrategiesarespecificallytargetedandtaught.Thispapersetsouttobrieflydeveloptheuseofconceptmapsasameanstocognitivelymaximizeandstructuredomain-specific
7、knowledgeandhenceguaranteebetterintegrationandretrievalofinformationinspecializedtexts.ThestudyispartofanongoingthesisresearchprojectattheSchoolofTranslationandInterpretation,EcoledeTraductionetd’interprétation(ETI),andjoinsaseriesofstudiesbeingpresentlylaunche
8、dbythisinstitutionwiththepurposeofdevelopingtheempiricalresearchbaseintranslationandinterpretingstudies.Itaimsatimprovingprofessionaltraininginspecializedfieldstokeeppacewit