Tackling the elephant in the language classroom : introducing machine translation literacy in a Swiss language centre

Cotelli Kureth, Sara; Summers, Elana

doi:10.1515/cercles-2023-2015

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dc.contributor.author	Cotelli Kureth, Sara	-
dc.contributor.author	Summers, Elana	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-06-09T08:39:41Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-06-09T08:39:41Z	-
dc.date.issued	2023	-
dc.identifier.issn	2191-611X	de_CH
dc.identifier.issn	2191-6128	de_CH
dc.identifier.uri	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/28000	-
dc.description.abstract	University students, especially language learners, have increasingly been using machine translation (MT) systems in the last decade and for all kinds of texts, including homework, assignments and exams. This ubiquity does not translate into visibility as few teachers address the subject in class. Several researchers have shown that MT systems, while technically very easy to access and use, are not always employed in a critical manner. They have therefore suggested that users should develop MT literacy skills. As part of a larger Swiss project on digital literacy in university contexts (DigLit), an action research project at the University of Neuchâtel Language Centre (UniNE LC) seeks to investigate whether delivering a 20-min presentation about machine translation in all L2 classes (French, German, English) at the beginning of the semester was sufficient to foster minimal MT literacy in language learners. All LC students were surveyed at the end of the semester. These survey results were compared with those from a survey of Swiss university students carried out in spring 2021 as part of the DigLit project. These results have allowed us to monitor and enhance the teaching of MT literacy skills in our LC.	de_CH
dc.language.iso	en	de_CH
dc.publisher	De Gruyter	de_CH
dc.relation.ispartof	Language Learning in Higher Education	de_CH
dc.rights	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	de_CH
dc.subject	Machine translation literacy	de_CH
dc.subject	Foreign language education	de_CH
dc.subject	Digital literacy	de_CH
dc.subject	L2	de_CH
dc.subject	Neural machine translation	de_CH
dc.subject.ddc	410.285: Computerlinguistik	de_CH
dc.subject.ddc	418.02: Translationswissenschaft	de_CH
dc.title	Tackling the elephant in the language classroom : introducing machine translation literacy in a Swiss language centre	de_CH
dc.type	Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift	de_CH
dcterms.type	Text	de_CH
zhaw.departement	Angewandte Linguistik	de_CH
zhaw.organisationalunit	Institut für Übersetzen und Dolmetschen (IUED)	de_CH
dc.identifier.doi	10.1515/cercles-2023-2015	de_CH
dc.identifier.doi	10.21256/zhaw-28000	-
zhaw.funding.eu	No	de_CH
zhaw.issue	1	de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhaw	Yes	de_CH
zhaw.pages.end	230	de_CH
zhaw.pages.start	213	de_CH
zhaw.publication.status	publishedVersion	de_CH
zhaw.volume	13	de_CH
zhaw.publication.review	Peer review (Publikation)	de_CH
zhaw.webfeed	MT Literacy	de_CH
zhaw.funding.zhaw	Digital Literacy im Hochschulkontext (DigLit)	de_CH
zhaw.author.additional	No	de_CH
zhaw.display.portrait	Yes	de_CH
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Cotelli Kureth, S., & Summers, E. (2023). Tackling the elephant in the language classroom : introducing machine translation literacy in a Swiss language centre. Language Learning in Higher Education, 13(1), 213–230. https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2023-2015

Cotelli Kureth, S. and Summers, E. (2023) ‘Tackling the elephant in the language classroom : introducing machine translation literacy in a Swiss language centre’, Language Learning in Higher Education, 13(1), pp. 213–230. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2023-2015.

S. Cotelli Kureth and E. Summers, “Tackling the elephant in the language classroom : introducing machine translation literacy in a Swiss language centre,” Language Learning in Higher Education, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 213–230, 2023, doi: 10.1515/cercles-2023-2015.

COTELLI KURETH, Sara und Elana SUMMERS, 2023. Tackling the elephant in the language classroom : introducing machine translation literacy in a Swiss language centre. Language Learning in Higher Education. 2023. Bd. 13, Nr. 1, S. 213–230. DOI 10.1515/cercles-2023-2015

Cotelli Kureth, Sara, and Elana Summers. 2023. “Tackling the Elephant in the Language Classroom : Introducing Machine Translation Literacy in a Swiss Language Centre.” Language Learning in Higher Education 13 (1): 213–30. https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2023-2015.

Cotelli Kureth, Sara, and Elana Summers. “Tackling the Elephant in the Language Classroom : Introducing Machine Translation Literacy in a Swiss Language Centre.” Language Learning in Higher Education, vol. 13, no. 1, 2023, pp. 213–30, https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2023-2015.