{"id":70,"date":"2023-09-21T17:18:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T17:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/?p=70"},"modified":"2023-12-06T22:55:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T22:55:02","slug":"translator-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/2023\/09\/21\/translator-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Translator Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/\">Google Translate<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepl.com\/translator?utm_source=lingueecom&amp;utm_medium=linguee&amp;utm_content=header_logo\">DeepL<\/a> are two sites that can be helpful to translate text. It&#8217;s important to know when translator tools are helpful, and when they are impeding learning. Using the <a href=\"https:\/\/lens.google\/#cta-section\">Google Lens<\/a> app can also be helpful &#8211; all you need to do is aim your camera at a text, and it will help translate it for you. You don&#8217;t even have to copy and paste! This is especially useful when trying to read a hard copy of text (no digital version) or when you are trying to read words in a photo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Helpful times to use translator tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When a non-French speaking person is supporting a French student, the non-French speaker may with to use a translator tool. This way, they can understand what the task is, and determine how they can support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>When to avoid 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. 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.<\/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<hr \/>\n<p>When a student is reading in French, they are encouraged to use reading strategies to aid in comprehension. This includes:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-73 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/files\/2023\/09\/book-2948634_640-300x158.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/files\/2023\/09\/book-2948634_640-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/files\/2023\/09\/book-2948634_640.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>predicting before reading, based on text features (such as titles, sub-titles, pictures or captions).<\/li>\n<li>identifying words or parts of a text that are most important to understand. Students can then analyze the unknown words.\n<ul>\n<li>What could the word mean? Does the rest of the text make sense with this guess?<\/li>\n<li>Do they have similar roots to known words in another language?<\/li>\n<li>Look up the word in a dictionary. Is the text clearer now? What other key words need to be identified for the text to make sense?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>making connections between text content and prior knowledge. What is already known about this subject? How can this be used to better understand the text?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Translate and DeepL are two sites that can be helpful to translate text. It&#8217;s important to know when translator tools are helpful, and when they are impeding learning. Using the Google Lens app can also be helpful &#8211; all you need to do is aim your camera at a text, and it will help [&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\/70"}],"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=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/french-immersion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}