Visualising Ideas

Vicky Loras, an amazing teacher who teaches in Switzerland,  has been kind enough to invite me to her wonderful blog.

So, if you would like to join me there, here’s the link:

If “Google” is Translating Then I’ll Start Revamping

Isn’t that something we do on holidays – go visiting?

I was asked today, once again, which electronic dictionary is better for students.

I dont’ know if posting specific names of companies is the right thing to do as I’m not affiliated with any commercial company – does anyone have any adice on that issue? But there are a few basic things to note:

1) See if it is capable of translating phrasal verbs such as “take place” – very important for pupils!

2) Type in an irregular verb in the past tense. If it notifies you that this is the past tense form of the verb (and gives you the present form) then that’s fine. DO NOT choose one that ignores these verbs and goes on to the closest matching word it can find.

3) Try typing in a word like “nose” or “sun”. If it gives you, as the first option, a translation using Biblical Hebrew – you don’t want that one!

4) If its really cheap – I hate to admit it, but that IS a bad sign….

Tags: dictionaries