{"id":157,"date":"2023-11-30T20:25:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/?p=157"},"modified":"2023-11-30T20:25:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:25:18","slug":"avoiding-translator-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/2023\/11\/30\/avoiding-translator-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding Translator Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Avoiding translator tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-72 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/files\/2023\/09\/pencil-37254_640-243x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"67\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/files\/2023\/09\/pencil-37254_640-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/files\/2023\/09\/pencil-37254_640.png 518w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 67px) 100vw, 67px\" \/>When a student is writing, it is better to use a online dictionary to look up unknown words. <strong>Students are encouraged to avoid writing a text in their home language and using translator tool\u00a0to convert it to French, as it does not help the student grow their French usage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some words or phrases do not translate directly from one language to another. Students can develop their ability to find ways of expressing the same idea through practice. Using a translator tool does not engage critical or creative thinking skills.<\/p>\n<p>If students are worried about making mistakes, they can use an editing tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/bonpatron.com\/en\/\">Bon Patron<\/a>. This highlights errors and explains why it&#8217;s incorrect, without making the changes for the writer. This way, they can practice grammar concepts in a meaningful way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avoiding translator tools When a student is writing, it is better to use a online dictionary to look up unknown words. Students are encouraged to avoid writing a text in their home language and using translator tool\u00a0to convert it to French, as it does not help the student grow their French usage. Some words or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8716,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8716"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}