1. Students tend to use Google Translate as an easy way out of doing their written Spanish work. These same students often feel as though they just cant do it if asked to do the work on their own. THE PROBLEM:

2. How does the use or misuse of Google Translate affect student work and their feeling of self-efficacy in the Spanish classroom? In other words If students use Google Translate to complete their work in Spanish class, do they feel more successful? RESEARCH QUESTION: 3. Participants 10 eighth-grade students 3 years of Spanish class experience 7 female; 3 male 8 white, 2 Indian No native Spanish speakers 14-years old Volunteered for the study 4. Literature Review Machine Translation and the Foreign Language Learner ICT for Language Learning, Garcia, 2010 Quantitatively measured students writing for fluency, clarity, and error count Asked the question Can machine translation help the foreign language learner? Concluded that machine translation may help the skilled student, but may hinder the early learner. Machine Translation in the Classroom Machine Translation in the Classroom, Ichimura, 2013 Found that documents translated with the help of machine translation needed up to 65% more editing than those translated without. 5. Literature Review, contd. Influence of Machine Translation in the Classroom The Elephant in the Room, Clifford et. al., 2013 Discussed the influence machine translation has had on the Duke University foreign language classes 40% of Duke professors equate machine translation with cheating. Integration of Technology in the Classroom No Access, No Use, No Impact; Norris, et. al., n.d. Emphasis on the importance of effective technology integration in the classroom Students without regular technology access may not succeed at the same levels as those with regular technology access. 6. Google Translate was selected as an equitable-access tool for this study TECHNOLOGY TOOL 7. Research-methods Mixed-method research design Repeated measures, comparative study Same students performed different tasks and work was compared against each students own work. 8. Procedure Step 1: Students wrote 5 sentences in English about their typical school day. They then completed a survey about how they felt this part of the task went. Step 2: Students used only their classroom notes and vocabulary list to translate their sentences into Spanish. They then completed a survey about how they felt this part of the task went. Step 3: Students used only Google Translate to translate their sentences into Spanish. They then completed a survey about how they felt this part of the task went. 9. Student Error Tally Student errors, per student, class notes vs. Google Translate 10. Total student error count 11. Student opinions: Notes/Dictionary Did using the dictionary and your notes today help you learn anything? Do you feel as though you are now "better" at Spanish in some way because you used your notes or dictionary in some way? Do you think you would be better off if you were allowed to use the computer/Google Translate? Yes I did. Yes because we know why words are used in certain ways and the rules. Only for certain things if we haven't been taught them already. Yes. It help me increase my vocabulary and helped me know what endings to use. Yes No Yes I did learn some new things. Yes No Using my notes didn't really help me learn too much. I already know all of the concepts I used in my paragraph. I definitely feel a little more comfortable with my Spanish skills. No, because with my notes I know for sure I'm correct. Yes because I understood what I was typing and could learn from it. I feel I'm better at Spanish because I could understand what I'm writing and can easily memorize knew words. No because google translate translates sentences I can't understand. No. No. Only in certain situations, for some vocabulary I don't know, but not for translating whole sentences. Yes, because looking the words up in my notes helps me remember it for later on. Yes, now I remember all of the verb endings. No, I probably wouldn't remember it as well. Yes! I believe that by using the dictionary and my notes, I was able to memorize and gain more Spanish knowledge quicker. Yes No sure sure no No, I used my memory from what I was taught. Yes because I challenged myself to remember what I learned. It could correct me if I made a small mistake so I guess so. 12. Student opinions: Google Translate Did using Google Translate today help you learn anything? Do you feel as though you are now "better" at Spanish in some way because you used Google Translate? Do you think you would be better off if you weren't using Google Translate? It helped me learn how to say at in spanish because we haven't been taught that yet. No, because I don't know why some words are used that way. It depends on what I'm using it for. So yes and no. No it did not help me. no Yes because you dont understand what you did wrong. No not at all no Yes I learned that Google Translate isn't always the best option. I feel a little uncertain, because my notes paragraph is a lot different than the one using Google Translate. Yes, because I wouldn't have to blame my wrong answers on a website, it would be purely my fault. No because I didn't know some of the words. No because I haven't learned some of the things google translate said. Yes, so I understand what I am writing. No, I did not learn anything from Google Translate. No. No. Google Translate writes things differently than I learned in class. No it was confusing. Yes, I would remember the words I learned better. No, I felt like I learned nothing new, unlike the Dictionary/Notes survey. No Yes no no yes It corrected what little mistakes i made from memory translating. Yes because it showed me the correct way. No, because than I might make small mistakes that could be confusing 13. Overall Result & Participant quotes This was way easier with my notes. Google Translate doesnt know what its doing Maybe I should just use Google Translate when I dont know a word here or there. Oh, so thats how you do that! Would that concept work here? Ok, I should use my notes more often. Google Translate only decreased errors by 20% 14. Impact on Learning Google Translate will be addressed as a tool that may be helpful, but not an alternative to students own work. Students seemed to embrace the use of notes when Google Translate was not allowed. 15. Whats next? Such easily accessible tools such as Google Translate cannot be prohibited. Strict limitations Expectations if used Emphasis on students own work 16. Appeal to students in their own language