Innovating English Translation Instruction from the Perspective of Classroom Ecology

In the context of English translation teaching, classroom ecology has gained attention for its role in bridging linguistic and cultural gaps. In traditional translation teaching, teachers often dominate the classroom, while students remain in a passive state of receiving knowledge. In the present study, by providing pre-class learning materials, in-class opportunities to showcase the students’ output, and after-class teacher and student reflection, we aim to treat students’ learning product as a driving force, enhance students' central role in the classroom, and lay emphasis on peer collaboration and student-teacher interaction, thus to effectively transform the classroom ecology in translation instruction. Future research may explore the venues to leverage AI technologies like Chat-GPT or DeepSeek to empower teaching and optimize the classroom ecology of foreign language teaching.