“Look, ma, no hands!” Writing without typing: speech-recognition tools for future translators in the English language classroom
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Writing proficiency in a foreign language has been increasingly demanded the workplace due to value of multilingualism; thus, it cannot be neglected English classroom. ICTs have gained momentum development competences target as motivational asset, not least writing skills. In that sense, this paper seeks inspect effects speech recognition tools terms motivation and written production. This study was conducted at Spanish university with 55 first-year Translation Interpreting undergraduates who were surveyed about applicability dictation available Microsoft Word® Google Docs® compose text. Results suggest that, despite its limitations, can prove useful for learners result innovative strategy engage them process.
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عنوان ژورنال: Lengua y sociedad
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2413-2659', '1729-9721']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15381/lengsoc.v21i2.22723