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Using Technology for Learning Foreign Language Vocabulary

Using Technology for Learning Foreign Language Vocabulary. Software for Learning Foreign Languages.

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Using Technology for Learning Foreign Language Vocabulary

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  1. Using Technology for Learning Foreign Language Vocabulary

  2. Software for Learning Foreign Languages There is a variety of professional software that has been developed to help people learn foreign languages. Most software can be found and previewed online. Some companies offer free downloads of their software and some offer free trial versions, charging a fee to download the complete software program or order it on CD ROM. Most programs include visual and auditory aspects and are interactive, allowing users to start at a beginner’s level and work their way to higher levels at the user’s own pace. All software is not equal in quality, so it is important to try the demo before buying it.

  3. Visual Link Claims: -designed to teach you to speak in complete sentences and help you become fluent in conversational Spanish -fun and easy to remember - helps engrave Spanish words and sentences into long term memory, allowing for easy recall at a later time http://www.learnspanishtoday.com

  4. Visual Link Claims (cont’): • -rather than just a lot of vocabulary and grammar rules, teaches how to build sentences, ask and answer questions and truly communicate in Spanish • teaches correct Spanish pronunciation • CD dedicated just to Spanish pronunciation that teaches difficult Spanish sounds for English speakers so customers sound more like native speakers http://www.learnspanishtoday.com

  5. Visual Link Quick View: -Number of Languages: 1 (Spanish) -Method: Sentence building, native pronunciation model, learn by topic -Price: Full Course on CD ROM: $135 -Problems: None

  6. Mango Languages Here’s what Mango has to say about itself: “Mango beta is an online enterprise-level language learning system freely available to everyone. Learn at your own pace with a suite of features that make language learning more engaging and fun.” http://www.mangolanguages.com

  7. Mango Languages Quick View: -Number of Languages: 10 (Spanish, Russian, Greek, German, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian, Polish) -Method: Hear & Repeat Scripted Dialog, listen to explanations, quiz yourself on aspects of dialog -Price: Free Open Source Version Only -Problems: Learners limited to what is on script, some glitches on certain levels, background music is distracting

  8. Declan Software Claims: “Declan's FlashCards is a fully configurable audio-based vocabulary flash-card program. The program has been designed to help students learn a large number of words as quickly as possible in a systematic but fun and simple way. The program incorporates an audio feature that uses a native speaker's voice recordings of a word's pronunciation to aid the learning process.” http://www.declan-software.com

  9. Declan Software Quick View: -Number of Languages: 10 (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, German) -Method: Read, Hear native pronunciation, Repeat -Price: Full Flash Card Version: $30 -Problems: Downloadable for Windows only

  10. Before You Know It Claims: “Experts agree that words and small phrases are the building blocks of language. Before You Know It lets users see and hear the foreign language with native speaker pronunciation, and then leads them through a proven, proprietary learning process. BYKI monitors the user's responses and constantly adjusts to focus on the unique words and phrases that each user finds more challenging. The result is the fastest possible learning with Perfect Recall.” http://www.byki.com

  11. Before You Know It Quick View: -Number of Languages: Over 60 -Method: Read, Hear native pronunciation, Repeat, Quiz in a variety of ways, progress through levels, drill based on mastery of previous levels -Price: Delux Edition: $80 -Problems: None

  12. ONLINE DECTIONARIES AND TRANSLATIONS

  13. There are many online dictionaries and translations which offer different services and various list of languages around the world. Some of them are free and the other require paying for translating to another language. Vocabulary online Translators Texts & web pages online Translators Voice picture online Translators languageguide.org Google. com Answers. com

  14. Answers. com • Answers. Com web site offers a translator link which is required typing the word that you need to know its meaning and then it gives you several amazing services such as: • Different potential translations for this word (accurate). • All part of speech form and examples for each form. • The definition for all part of speech form for the word. • Mice so that enable you to listen to the word pronunciation. • The potential translations in different languages. • Synonyms and antonyms. • Common misspelling (s) for this word. • The sound ,stress and syllables. • Give idioms & common usage. • Word origins.

  15. Google Language Tools Google provides a translator link and language tools to enable you to read texts and web pages written in unfamiliar languages . This online dictionary enable the users to translate any vocabulary to variety bunches of various languages. Google translates pages by computer, machine translation is difficult to do well and tends not to be as clear as human translation. But it can give you the gist of what’s written or suggestions for translating something into another language. For more information go to Google guide at this link : http://www.googleguide.com/translation.html

  16. Language Guide Learning the thousands of words needed to be comfortable in a language is a great challenge. The vocabulary guides are in essence virtual worlds. Users visit different parts of this world (i.e. insects, the family, the farm). They can then place their cursor over any of the images and hear their names pronounced and see them spelled out. In some pages, a notepad is displayed next to the title. Placing the cursor over this notepad will reveal a list of supplementary vocabulary . Interactive Readings The interactive readings help users develop comprehension skills by allowing him or her hear the reading of a text, maneuver within the sound track and rehear difficult phrases, as well as see the text of what is being read. In addition, the readings allow students to build vocabulary and develop reading skills. Right now only readings for learning French are available. For an example of a reading see Chère Maman, cher Papa(dear mother, dear father).

  17. Advantages • Free • Fast • Easy to use • Unlimited words • Give idioms & common usage • Some web sites give word origins. • Various choices of languages • Offer other skills( grammar, reading, writing, Listening) • Free download

  18. disadvantages • Access to online. • Some web sites don’t translate the vocabulary or texts well ( give inaccurate meaning). • Some web sites have limited number of languages and words. • Some web sites are slow if many users connect with the same web site.

  19. Resources Web sites translate vocabulary • Answers.com • http://www.answers.com • Languageguide.org • http://www.languageguide.org • Freetranslation.com • http://www.freetranslation.com • Word2word.com • http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html • Many thing.org • http://www.manythings.org/e/vocabulary.html • Refrence.com • http://reference.aol.com/translator

  20. Resources Web sites translate texts/ Web pages • Google.com • http://www.google.com • Translation2.com • http://translation2.paralink.com • Dectionary.com • http://dictionary.reference.com/translate • Free online language translation • http://www.translation-guide.com • Word2word.com • http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html • Applied Language.com • http://www.appliedlanguage.com

  21. Learning Vocabulary by Computer Games

  22. 'Language learning is hard work ... Effort is required at every moment and must be maintained over a long period of time. Games help and encourage many learners to sustain their interest and work.' 'Games for Language Learning' by Andrew Wright, David Betteridge and Michael BuckbyCambridge University Press, 1984.

  23. Well-chosen games are invaluable as they : • give students a break • Games are highly motivating • they are amusing and challenging. • they employ meaningful and useful language in real contexts • They also encourage and increase cooperation 'Six Games for the EFL/ESL Classroom' by Aydan Ersoz The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. VI, No. 6, June 2000.

  24. 'Games have been shown to have advantages and effectiveness in learning vocabulary in various ways. • Games bring in relaxation and fun for students, thus help them learn and retain new words more easily. • Games usually involve friendly competition and they keep learners interested. These create the motivation for learners of English to get involved and participate actively in the learning activities. • Vocabulary games bring real world context into the classroom, and enhance students' use of English in a flexible, communicative way.' 'Learning Vocabulary Through Games' by Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen and Khuat Thi Thu Nga'Asian EFL Journal' - December 2003.

  25. In order to achieve the most from vocabulary games, it is essential that suitable games are chosen. • Factors that should be taken into account when a game is to be conducted: • the number of students, • proficiency level, • cultural context, • timing, • learning topic, • the classroom settings • 'Learning Vocabulary Through Games' • by Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen and Khuat Thi Thu Nga'Asian EFL Journal' - December 2003.

  26. Resources • http://www.teflgames.com/why.html • http://www.inquizitor.com/img/stock/held-controller.jpg • http://www.gamequarium.com/spanishvocab.html • http://www.quiz-tree.com/French_Vocabulary_main.html • http://www.smart-kit.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/sleep-learning.jpg • http://digitaldialects.com/Chinese.htm • http://www.reggie.net/teaching/images/abc.gif • http://www.lindnerlearning.com/images/girl_reach_books.jpg • http://webs.wichita.edu/depttools/depttoolsmemberfiles/accomp/question_mark%20(WinCE).jpg

  27. MULTIMEDIA DEVICESFOR LEARNING VOCABULARY

  28. Mp3 Players • More commonly referred to as an MP3 player, a digital audio player or "DAP" is a portable, handheld digital music player that stores, organizes and plays MP3 and often other audio files. Most DAPs are powered by rechargeable batteries, some of which are not user replaceable. Listening to music stored on DAPs is typically done through earphones, but external speakers and docking stations are also available. • Digital audio players are generally categorized by storage media:

  29. We can use our mp3 players to enrich our foreign language knowledge. For example a web site which is http://www.loquella.com/learnspanishmp3.html • provides the users audio lessons for Spanish and French which are in mp3 format. Users can download and listen where ever they are and when ever it is.

  30. Mp4 Players • MP4/MTV Player is used to describe a group of digital audio players or portable Media Players, most commonly manufactured in China. These players are capable of displaying images, videos, and text files. Although commonly called MP4 players, they have little to do with the MP4/M4A/M4V audio and video files. The earlier players were usually unable to play MPEG4 format videos and were limited to proprietary file formats such as MTV, DMV, MPV and AMV. This is beginning to change however, as more of these players manufactured in recent years have begun supporting MPEG4 format video files. Some of them are a variety of S1 MP3 Player

  31. Mp4 Players • MP4/MTV Players can be used for learning foreign language vocabularies with different ways. We can not only watch or listen some lessons but also use it like a memory card viewer. Memory cards are small cards that is written both two sides. On one side vocabulary is written in foreign language, in the other side it is written in users’ native language. It is easy to use this technique on Mp4 players without carrying a lot of papers. You can download them from internet or prepare on your PC and save them on you Mp4 to use. car coche

  32. DVD Players • A DVD player is a device that plays discs produced under both the DVD Video and DVD Audio technical standards, two different and incompatible standards. • Most hardware DVD players have to be connected to a television set; there are also some small portable devices which have an LCD screen attached. • A DVD player has to complete these tasks: • Read a DVD disc in ISO – UDF version 1.2 format • Optionally decrypt the data with either CSS and/or Macrovision • Read and obey the DVD's Regional lockout codes and display a warning if the player is not authorised to play the DVD • Decode the MPEG-2 video stream with a maximum of 10 Mbit/s (peak) or 8 Mbit/s (continuous) • Decode sound in MP2, PCM or AC-3 format and output (with optional AC-3 to stereo downsampling) on stereo connector, optical or electric digital connector • Output a video signal, either an analog one (in NTSC, PAL or SECAM format) on the composite, S-Video, SCART, or component video connectors, or a digital one on the DVI or HDMI connectors

  33. DVD Players • A DVD player can make you have opportunity to enrich your vocabulary. Knowing vocabulary is not enough to say that you can use it. It is necessary to know how to use vocabulary in a sentence or situation. There are a lot of DVDs that give you opportunity to learn by watching examples on television. It is also good to learn by watching and listening.

  34. VCR Players • The videocassette recorder (or VCR, more commonly known in the UK and Ireland as the video recorder), is a type of video tape recorder that uses removable videotape cassettes containing magnetic tape to record audio and video from a television broadcast so it can be played back later. Most VCRs have their own tuner (for direct TV reception) and a programmable timer (for unattended recording of a certain channel at a particular time).

  35. VCR Players • The videocassette recorder is good for us to watch movies in our house which are in foreign language. When we watch and see in the same time, it is easy to memorize the information. This makes us remember vocabularies easily.

  36. Resources: w w w • www.wikipedia.org • www.image.google.com • www.answers.com • http://www.loquella.com/learnspanishmp3.html • www.apple.com

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