'Language Students as Critical Users of Google Translate': Pitfalls and Possibilities

Autor/inn/en	Valijärvi, Riitta-Liisa; Tarsoly, Eszter
Titel	'Language Students as Critical Users of Google Translate': Pitfalls and Possibilities
Quelle	In: Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 12 (2019) 1, S.61-74 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1755-1382
Schlagwörter	Translation; Computer Software; Finno Ugric Languages; Hungarian; Second Languages; Student Attitudes; Computational Linguistics; Morphology (Languages); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; College Students; Teaching Methods; Dictionaries; Problem Solving; Error Correction; Error Analysis (Language); Essays; Writing (Composition); Action Research; Instructional Improvement; Language Skills; Writing Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ungar; Ungarisch; Second language; Zweitsprache; Schülerverhalten; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Morphology; Morphologie; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Collegestudent; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Dictionary; Wörterbuch; Problemlösen; Korrektur; Error analysis; Language; Fehleranalyse; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Schreibübung; Projektforschung; Unterrichtsqualität; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Schreibunterricht
Abstract	We propose ways of incorporating Google Translate into the teaching of Finnish and Hungarian in a higher education setting at different skill levels. The task types tested in our study were: analytical tasks (dictionary-like exercise, word-building, part-of-word identification), discovery method tasks (elicitation, problem solving), and awareness raising tasks (error correction, text-level error analysis, guided essay writing in the target language). Students were interviewed about their experience as users of Google Translate and the usefulness of the exercises conducted in class. In line with the principles of action research, the survey results enabled the practitioners to reflect on and improve the teaching of two morphologically complex languages, Finnish and Hungarian, and optimise the ways in which Google Translate is used in the language classroom. With the development of their Finnish and Hungarian language skills, students become more critical, and more competent, users of online translation tools as well. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Cumbria. Fusehill Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2HH, United Kingdom. Tel: +44-1228-616338; e-mail: riple@cumbria.ac.uk; Web site: http://ojs.cumbria.ac.uk/index.php/prhe
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Update	2020/1/01