Some Challenges in Using Computer-Aided Translation Tools to Facilitate Second Language Fluency in Education

Journal Title: Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing - Year 2019, Vol 3, Issue 2

Abstract

At every level of education, from early years to postgraduate, students can arrive in the UK (or US) classroom with little or no English language ability. It is impossible for teachers to have knowledge of every first language that students bring into the classroom and thus they may rely on a computer-aided translation tool so that their students can have access to the English needed in all subjects across the curriculum. At the same time, students need to move from basic English skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing towards the subtleties of academic English which they must achieve in order to reach the UK government’s required standards in English at every level of assessment. Using her extensive knowledge of the challenges that students learning English as an Additional Language (EAL) and their teachers face in the classroom situation and the English needed in assessments, the author examines possible benefits of computer-aided translation tools such as Google Translate and Talking Pen and outlines some of the problems and drawbacks with such tools that create barriers to acquiring full academic fluency, thus posing challenges to future translation tool developers.

Authors and Affiliations

Dianne Excell

Keywords

Related Articles

Optimising Differentiated Services Strategies under IMS

The evolving standards of mobile communications, the wide variety of services they offer and the rapid growth of the Internet have made a merger of the two network technologies inevitable. One of the most prominent platf...

Hardening CISCO Devices based on Cryptography and Security Protocols - Part One: Background Theory

Network Security is a vital part of any corporate and enterprise network. Network attacks greatly compromise not only the sensitive data of the consumers but also cause outages to these networks. Thus inadequately protec...

A Survey of Distributed Certificate Authorities in MANETs

A Certificate Authority (CA) provides the critical authentication and security services for Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) which are used for the Internet and wired networks. In MANETs (wireless and ad hoc) there is an...

Applications of Blockchain Technology beyond Cryptocurrency

Blockchain (BC), the technology behind the Bitcoin crypto-currency system, is considered to be both alluring and critical for ensuring enhanced security and (in some implementations, non-traceable) privacy for diverse ap...

Filling Factors of Sunspots in SODISM Images

The calculated filling factors (FFs) for a feature reflect the fraction of the solar disc covered by that feature, and the assignment of reference synthetic spectra. In this paper, the FFs, specified as a function of rad...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP497430
  • DOI 10.33166/AETiC.2019.02.003
  • Views 69
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Dianne Excell (2019). Some Challenges in Using Computer-Aided Translation Tools to Facilitate Second Language Fluency in Education. Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing, 3(2), 22-31. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-497430