EFL University Students’ Purposes, Attitudes and Behaviors towards the Use of Google Translate

Abstract

The objectives of this study were (1) to investigate the purposes of using Google Translate for translation of students majoring in English for International Communication at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and (2) to explore their behaviors, and attitudes towards the use of Google Translate (GT). The sample in this study was 132 students, which was conducted the Purposive Sampling method for selecting the sample. A five-point Likert-scale questionnaire was used to collect data. Descriptive statistics, including percentage, standard deviation, and mean were implemented to perform a quantitative analysis. The findings revealed that the purposes of using Google Translate (GT) was at the average level (66.28%, x̄ = 3.31, S.D. = 1.68), and the behaviors towards using Google Translate presented a high level (77.97%, x̄ = 3.90, S.D. = 1.14) whereas the attitudes towards using Google Translate was overall positive at the high level (70.52%, x̄ = 3.53, S.D. = 1.13).