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What’s Wrong with “What is your name?” > “Quel est votre nom?”:Teaching Responsible Use of MT through Discursive Competence and Metalanguage Awareness “What is your name?”" b> " Quel est votre nom?:通过话语能力和元语言意识进行负责任的机器翻译教学

L2 Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-21 DOI: 10.5070/l214151739

Stéphanie Pellet, Lindsy L. Myers

引用次数: 2

Proficiency and the Use of Machine Translation: A Case Study of Four Japanese Learners 机器翻译的熟练程度与使用:以四个日语学习者为例

L2 Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-21 DOI: 10.5070/l214151328

Jun Xu

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引用次数: 0

Perceptions and Practices of Machine Translation Among 6th-12th Grade World Language Teachers 6 -12年级世界语言教师对机器翻译的认知与实践

L2 Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-21 DOI: 10.5070/l214154165

Lisa Merschel, Joan Munné

引用次数: 2

Machine Translation: Friend or Foe in the Language Classroom? 机器翻译:语言课堂上的朋友还是敌人?

L2 Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-21 DOI: 10.5070/l214151723

V. Klekovkina, Laurence Denié-Higney

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引用次数: 5

From Disrupted Classrooms to Human-Machine Collaboration? The Pocket Calculator, Google Translate, and the Future of Language Education 从混乱的教室到人机协作?袖珍计算器、谷歌翻译和语言教育的未来

L2 Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-21 DOI: 10.5070/l214151790

Per Urlaub, Eva Dessein

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引用次数: 4

Using an ADAPT Approach to Integrate Google Translate into the Second Language Classroom 运用ADAPT方法将谷歌翻译融入第二语言课堂

L2 Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-21 DOI: 10.5070/l214151690

C. L. Knowles

引用次数: 3

A “Hands-On” Approach to Raise Awareness of Technologies: A Pilot Class and its Lessons 提高技术意识的“动手”方法:一个试点课程及其教训

L2 Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-21 DOI: 10.5070/l214151734

Claire Tourmen, Daniel Hoffmann

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引用次数: 0

The Knowledge Base of a Language Instructor: A Former Department Chair's Perspective 语言教师的知识基础:前系主任的观点

L2 Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-07 DOI: 10.5070/L213152112

Ignacio Navarrete

引用次数: 0

Time for New Thinking about ELT in Latin America and Elsewhere 是时候对拉丁美洲和其他地区的英语教学进行新思考了

L2 Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-07 DOI: 10.5070/L213150301

P. Davies

引用次数: 0

Gippius, Gender, and Textual Work in the L2 Classroom 第二语言课堂中的性别与文本作业

L2 Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-07 DOI: 10.5070/L213151782

Dominick Lawton

引用次数: 0