Artifact 9

“In the year 2000, in North Carolina, over 40,000 students could speak little or no English.”
In class today we got on Internet Explorer and went to the website, www.freetranslation.com. I then typed a letter to a parent about how their child was progressing in my class. I then clicked on translate from English to Spanish and it translated my letter. Next I clicked on the tab, “website translator” and entered a website address that an ESL student might want to visit. It translated the whole website so that a Spanish reader could enjoy the website as much as an English reader-.
Next I went to www.englishlearner.com and found an intermediate test that an ESL student could take, to see how they are progressing in the English language.

Impact:

I will have students and parents who will be able to speak little or no English. By knowing about these websites I will be able to communicate with them, because I can translate information that they need to know or let them be able to use the internet, just like their fellow classmates. I also now know a website that I can go to so I can help my ESL students better understand the English language and be able to let them have fun learning it. There is a lot of informative information on this website for me as a future teacher and my ESL students.

Alignment:

By going to these two websites I have now met Competency 13.3. I have used media and technology to support learning for children whose primary language is not English. I now have more knowledge of how I can help my future ESL students.