Machine translation in language acquisition: A study on EFL students' perceptions and practices in Saudi Arabia and South Korea.
Background: Language learners are taking advantage of the increased accuracy afforded by machine translation (MT) tools like Google Translate. There is a growing debate as to whether these tools support or hinder English as a foreign language (EFL) education. Some EFL students are drawn to MT tools...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 39; no. 6; pp. 1988 - 2004 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2023
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