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Information-seeking on the Web - Influence of Language on Search Performances and Strategies [extended abstract]
Authors: Salmi Leena, Chevalier Aline
Editors: Thomas Olsson, Ebba Þóra Hvannberg
Conference name: Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Publication year: 2014
Book title : Extended Abstracts of the NordiCHI '14: The 8th Nordic Conference on Human- Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational
First page : 887
Last page: 890
ISBN: 978-1-4503-2542-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2639189.2670185
Web address : http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2639189.2670185
This study deals with information-seeking on the Web with a focus on the use of more than one language. Native speakers (NS) of French (N=20) were compared with non-native speakers (NNS) of French (N=30) as to how they sought for answers to given questions using Google. Half of the NNSs (N=14) were also asked to change language and find the answers in their mother tongue (Finnish). The results show no differences in finding the correct answers, but the NSs of French completed the tasks faster than the NNSs. The NNSs formulated more queries than the NSs, and the group that had to change language formulated more queries and used more keywords than the other two groups. In searching for information in another language, diverse search strategies emerged.
