ERIC Number: ED617927
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Publication Date: 2021-Dec-13
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Machine Translation Literacy: A Panorama of Practices at Swiss Universities and Implications for Language Teaching
Research-publishing.net, Paper presented at the EUROCALL 2021 Conference (29th, Online, Aug 26-27, 2021)
This short paper presents the quantitative results of an online survey of Swiss university students and staff on their use of Machine Translation (MT). The analysis of the 3,713 responses throws light on the context, purposes, degree of successive revisions, and ethical considerations surrounding the use of MT. With regards to language teachers and students, the quantitative data allows us to draw three preliminary conclusions: MT is a well-established but unspoken practice in Swiss universities, MT is not seen as an alternative to language learning, and MT is seen and already being used as a tool to improve language skills. [For the complete volume, "CALL and Professionalisation: Short Papers from EUROCALL 2021 (29th, Online, August 26-27, 2021)," see ED616972.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computational Linguistics, Translation, Student Attitudes, Ethics, Teaching Methods, Language Skills, Skill Development, Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
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Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Switzerland
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