Multilingualism, Translanguaging and Transknowledging: Translation Technology in EMI Higher Education

Key findings, analysis and recommendations that have emerged from a research project, 'Using Human Language Technology to enhance academic integrity, inclusivity, knowledge exchange, student diversity and retention' at the University of South Australia conducted in 2019 are discussed in th...

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Published in:AILA review 2022-09, Vol.35 (1), p.89-127
Main Authors: Heugh, Kathleen, French, Mei, Arya, Vandana, Pham, Min, Tudini, Vincenza, Billinghurst, Necia, Tippett, Neil, Chang, Li-Ching, Nichols, Julie, Viljoen, Jeanne-Marie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Artificial Intelligence
Bilingual Education
Collaboration
College students
Diversity (Faculty)
Educational technology
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Inclusion
Integrity
Learning strategies
Machine translation
Monolingualism
Multilingualism
Social Justice
Student Diversity
Technology Uses in Education
Translanguaging
Translation
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Summary:Key findings, analysis and recommendations that have emerged from a research project, 'Using Human Language Technology to enhance academic integrity, inclusivity, knowledge exchange, student diversity and retention' at the University of South Australia conducted in 2019 are discussed in this article. The primary purpose of the project was to address some of the challenges and opportunities afforded by increasing student and teacher diversity at a predominantly English-medium Australian university through newly enhanced human language translation technology (HLT) also known as machine translation (MT). This technology is frequently used for the translation of human language, and it falls under the umbrella of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. From the institution's perspective, key aims of the project were to contribute to the university's Digital Learning Strategy priorities and core values embedded in a structural transformation of the university. These include integrity, accountability, diversity, social justice, engagement and collaboration. The researchers' objectives focussed on multilingual pedagogies using HLT to support knowledge exchange (transknowledging), and translanguaging for all students. These disrupt inequitable hierarchies, and position bi-/multilingual students as valuable resources for monolingual staff and students.
ISSN:1461-0213
1570-5595
DOI:10.1075/aila.22011.heu