Thursday, September 9, 2010

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

French Heaven - Our editors learned about this Website from its creators, who sent us an email saying they were doing the same thing we were, in French. For students who read French, here is an opportunity to study other subjects in that language. For students who are studying French, it is a chance to practice and explore the language in subjects where you already have knowledge. If you are a math major, struggling with French, take a look at the Mathematiques links. If your passion is the environment, there are lots of excellent links in Sciences de la vie et de la terre. The links all have brief descriptions in French. Some of the Websites linked to offer the opportunity to switch among two or several languages, providing linguists with a new sort of comparative study.
Virtual Museum of Butterflies of Catalonia - Here is a great site for bilingual classes in Spanish and English. It is interactive and has some slow-loading graphics, but will show young students to lots of things about computers, languages, and butterflies.
Alta Vista Translation Service - Submit text or a URL for a webpage and this tool will translate it from English to Spanish or Spanish to English with the click of the mouse! Grammar and accent marks are not perfect but a surprisingly understandable translation appears. Also translates from English to French, Portuguese, German, or Italian.
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School, College,
Adult/Professional
Content Area(s): Foreign Language (General/Other) Application type(s): Reference/Tool
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