Showing posts with label Spanish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spanish. Show all posts
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Duolingo...A Site for Spanish Language Learners
Awhile back, I purchased Rosetta Stone software to learn Spanish. Then child #3 and #4 happened, as well as a career change and my life has gotten away from me. I still hope to learn Spanish and Rosetta Stone may be the way to go, but there are many online programs now, not to mention my need for basic Spanish is slowly diminishing with smart phones that translate your voice anyway. But learning a language is still important and still a great skill, so what tools can a school use besides Spanish class. Many apps and websites can help. Here is another one: "Duolingo". When you go to their main site, you can watch their video. I have embedded the video below as well. After watching the video, sounds like this might be a good site for a Spanish teacher to give out to students and families for extra practice. Not sure how the translating the web works, but it appears it uses the some of the same "immersion" theory that Rosetta Stone uses. A few other languages are also offered.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Online Children's Books with Audio
Not many books on this site yet, but if you have a student who is struggling to read, this site might be a good site to use. Students can highlight certain words to hear them read aloud. Would be a great book for any of our ELL students. There are other sites out there that are similar, including our subscription-based Scholastic site, but this site is a good one as well. Give it a try!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Three Common Translation Sites
We will have more and more students enter our doors who may not know any or much of the English language. As teachers, we must get better at using translator sites. Google translator, Yahoo Babelfish, and Microsoft Bing Translator are 3 of the most commonly used translation sites. This link is a link to study done on the "Big 3". Although it shows Bing and Babelfish get better and better as the passage gets longer, I think we need to focus on the Spanish/English translation where Google wins almost every time. For now, I think I will continue to use Google Translate, but am interested to hear what sites you use and how much success you have.
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