If a student uses Google Translate on a homework assignment or a writing project, do you view it as a cheating or plagiarism offense, or is it a minor transgression, similar to a student asking a native speaker friend for a little help? How do you feel about Google Translate? Is it the bane of your teaching existence or is it a potentially exciting teaching tool, or something in between? Then talk with your department head about your position. Do some research to decide where you stand on Google Translate. 6 Strategies to Deal with Google Translate in the Spanish Classroomġ. Here are a few practical strategies to get you thinking about Google Translate and its role in your classroom.
Sadly, probably very little, so here’s the real question for you, one that we can actually answer: how do we get ahead of those students who rely on this tool for a passing grade? So, what can Spanish teachers do about Google Translate’s pending world domination? Is there anything at all that we can do to interfere with its progress and growth?
Even YouTube validates your frustration (check out Malinda Kathleen Reese and her YouTube channel Google Translate Sings her premise: “What do you think would happen if song lyrics were translated back and forth between multiple languages using only an online translation software?” As one writer on the TVTropes website says, hilarity ensues).Īnd for better or for worse, Google Translate is improving with every translation the more the tool translates, the ‘smarter’ it gets that’s why the Spanish tool is more accurate than the Russian one. Better yet (or worse yet, depending on how you feel about the issue), it’s free and widely available to any student who has internet access. Its ability to “learn” and improve with every opportunity to translate a phrase from Spanish to English and vice versa is bizarrely impressive. This translation tool is uncanny, and its omnipresence is undeniable. World language teachers across America are struggling with the blessing and the curse that is Google Translate. If this situation is familiar to you, know that we feel your pain. Really? Do you really have to confront yet another student about yet another difficult-to-prove cheating incident? Perhaps you feel pride swelling for a moment, or perhaps the anxiety hits right away either way, you quickly become frustrated. Miraculously, the student’s tendency to write in Spanish without any regard for the dictionary has transformed, overnight, into total grammar perfection. You review the homework thoroughly, hoping that the assignment is complete. An average student turns in Spanish homework.
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