Die Verwendung automatischer Übersetzungsprogramme im Wirtschaftssprachunterricht romanischer Sprachen

Recent studies in the use of lexicographic devices by language learners have shown that, especially since the introduction of neural networks, online machine translation (OMT) programmes are predominantly used. At the Vienna University of Economics and Business, we conducted a survey as well as a performance test looking into the use of OMT in French, Italian and Spanish by students of International Management. The goal was to find out which programmes students find particularly helpful, how they judge their quality, how precisely they employ them, and which results they achieve. Students report and show making use of OMT particularly for short structures rather than for longer ontextualised input. They also mention context-sensitive results and wish for better support and inclusion of how to use the programmes in class. The results reveal flaws of the different tools used but even more they emphasize the need of addressing the use of OMT tools in foreign language teaching.