Machine translation literacy: A panorama of practices at Swiss univeristies and implications for language teaching
Author(s)
Delorme Benites, Alice
Lehr, Caroline
Steele, Elizabeth
Publisher
n.d.: Research-publishing.net
Date issued
2022
In
CALL and professionalisation: short papers from EUROCALL 2021
From page
80
To page
87
Subjects
traduction automatique enseignement/apprentissage des langues suisse hautes écoles
Abstract
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.
Publication type
book part
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