Prevent or Integrate: Machine Translation Usage in the Language Classroom

• Project/Area Number: 23K12258
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
• Principal Investigator: MACK Lindsay 立命館アジア太平洋大学, 言語教育センター, 准教授 (70751519)
• Project Period (FY): 2023-04-01 – 2025-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2023: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
• Keywords: Machine Translation / L2 Writing / Writing Strategies / CALL / AI in Higher Education

Outline of Research at the Start

This research tackles a significant pedagogical challenge for higher education, the pervasive use of machine translation (MT) in university language classrooms. Policies concerning MT usage in the English as a foreign language classroom in terms of academic integrity will be investigated.