Characteristics of Eight Korean EFL Young Adults’ L2 Writing Using Machine Translation Programs
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Since artificial neural networks were applied to machine translation (MT) programs such as Google Translate and Papago, their quality of translation has improved dramatically. It leads to the consideration of MT as a pedagogical tool for teaching and learning English. In this regard, this study observed and analyzed eight Korean EFL young adults’ English writing processes using Google Translate and Papago in real-time. To explore when and how they exploited MT in completing a narrative essay, a qualitative method using screen recordings of writing sessions and retrospective interviews was implemented. The findings revealed three most representative instances among many others that the participants utilized MT to resolve difficulties in English. Moreover, those instances are closely related to self-judgment the writers constantly made. Self-judgment is an inevitable process for the writers to incorporate MT output in their writing. In the process of self-judgment, English abilities and knowledge the writers possess might play significant roles to accept appropriate MT outputs. The results of the present study also indicate that the participants, albeit a small number, preferred Papago over Google Translate based on their assumptions in accuracy and usefulness. Finally, some implications and limitations drawn from these results were also discussed.
Abstract
Since artificial neural networks were applied to machine translation (MT) programs such as Google Translate and Papago, their quality of translation has improved dramatically. It leads to the consideration of MT as a pedagogical tool for teaching and learning English. In this regard, this study observed and analyzed eight Korean EFL young adults’ English writing processes using Google Translate and Papago in real-time. To explore when and how they exploited MT in completing a narrative essay, a qualitative method using screen recordings of writing sessions and retrospective interviews was implemented. The findings revealed three most representative instances among many others that the participants utilized MT to resolve difficulties in English. Moreover, those instances are closely related to self-judgment the writers constantly made. Self-judgment is an inevitable process for the writers to incorporate MT output in their writing. In the process of self-judgment, English abilities and knowledge the writers possess might play significant roles to accept appropriate MT outputs. The results of the present study also indicate that the participants, albeit a small number, preferred Papago over Google Translate based on their assumptions in accuracy and usefulness. Finally, some implications and limitations drawn from these results were also discussed.
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