English to Chinese Science Education / Pedagogy 双语理论

For example, let’s look at the English term “parking lot.” In English, this term only makes sense if you say “parking” first and then “lot.” We would not say “My car is in the lot parking,” because that is not the correct English syntax. On the other hand, this is how the same term would be written in Spanish. As you can see from the translation, Spanish syntax is different than English. In both languages, changing the syntax changes the clarity of the speech.