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Research shows impact of 'Google Translate' on students' language skills

Research shows impact of ‘Google Translate’ on students’ language skills

In today’s classrooms, tools such as machine translation ( MT) technology have become a key resource for language learners. They help students translate words or texts or complete writing assignments quickly and easily. While these tools are helpful, it is important to understand how automatic translation technology is used and what impact it can have on learning, especially for […] … learn more→

U Washington: English grammar is racist

U Washington: English grammar is racist

One of the many strange decays in higher education today concerns language skills. In times past, every college graduate had to take at least a year’s worth of some foreign language. Now, I grant that Latin (a common option, decades ago) wasn’t particularly useful all by itself, but studying another language is incredibly helpful for […] … learn more→