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A Wiki-Based Approach to Computer-Assisted Translation for Collaborative Language Learning

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Abstract

The role of translation in second language learning has long been recognized. With the advent of social collaborative platforms, its importance can be further emphasized. In this paper, we propose a social collaborative platform based on the popular MediaWiki, together with its Translation extension, that aims to align translation technology and second language learning to create a collaborative environment, thus enabling high-quality learning experiences. The platform has been developed in the WALLeT (Wiki Assisted Language Learning and Translation) project in Tor Vergata University of Rome, and it is currently being tested in two university courses, English and Spanish, for students enroled in the Languages in the Information Society Degree.

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    www.duolingo.com.

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    www.busuu.com/.

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    http://lang-8.com.

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    www.rosettastone.it.

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    www.openuniversity.edu/Languages.

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    www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/.

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    www.omegat.org.

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    http://laxstrom.name/blag/2012/09/07/translation-memory-all-wikimedia-wikis/.

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    http://stw.codeplex.com.

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    http://www.dokuwiki.org.

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    http://www.mediawiki.org.

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    http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Translate.

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    http://translatewiki.net/.

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  1. Department of Humanities Studies, Tor Vergata University, Via Columbia 1, 00133, Rome, Italy

    Vincenzo Baraniello, Chiara Degano, María Lozano Zahonero & Sandra Petroni

  2. Deparment of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti, Sapienza University, Via Ariosto 25, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Luigi Laura

  3. Research Centre for Transport and Logistics (CTL), Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

    Luigi Laura

  4. Department of Civil Engineering and Computer Science, Tor Vergata University, Via Politecnico 1, 00133, Rome, Italy

    Maurizio Naldi

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  2. Computing and Information Systems, Athabasca University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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  3. RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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Baraniello, V., Degano, C., Laura, L., Zahonero, M.L., Naldi, M., Petroni, S. (2016). A Wiki-Based Approach to Computer-Assisted Translation for Collaborative Language Learning. In: Li, Y., et al. State-of-the-Art and Future Directions of Smart Learning. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-868-7_45

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