In light of the expanding use of technology in education, we attempted to analyze how Korean college students perceived the use of Machine Translation (MT) tools in the classroom. Specifically, this study attempted to explore students’ perceptions of their ability to use MT tools and to measure the reliability of the MT-generated output, along with measuring students’ general sense of confidence in English learning. This research analyzed 183 EFL college students’ responses to an online survey, and a one-way ANOVA was used to test for the differences in the averages of three groups. The results of data analysis revealed that 1) Among beginners, intermediate learners, and advanced learners, those self-identifying as advanced had the highest scores on all the factors measured.; 2) There was a significant mean difference in students’ perceptions of the ability to use MT tools, their beliefs regarding MT’s effectiveness as a learning tool, and affective attitudes towards the use of MT tools between beginner and advanced groups. Based on the findings, pedagogical implications for the effective use of MT tools in the Korean EFL classrooms, and suggestions for future research were presented.

I. 연구의 필요성 및 목적
II. 이론적 배경
    1. 기계번역의 등장 및 언어교육과의 연계
    2. 외국어 교실에서의 기계번역도구 사용에 대한 인식 및 활용
III. 연구 방법
    1. 참여 학생
    2. 자료 수집
    3. 자료의 분석 방법
IV. 연구 결과
    1. 대학생의 자가인지 영어능력별 MT도구 활용능력에 대한 인식 차이
    2. 자가인지 영어능력별 기계번역 출력물에 대한 신뢰도 차이
    3. 자가인지 영어능력별 기계번역 사용에 대한 정의적 태도 차이
V. 결론 및 제언
참고문헌

• 나경희(충북대학교 영어교육과 교수) | Kyeong-Hee Rha
• 백지연(서원대학교 영어교육과 교수) | Ji-Yeon Baek Corresponding author