Use these tools to expose your students to other cultures and languages.
Using these tools, you can explore other countries thru their own web sites.
Multi-lingual Browsers & Translators
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Google Translate
Type text or a website address and Google can translate it into the language of your choice. Constantly improving and one of the better options out there. Google… learn more
Unicode Character Blocks
The Unicode standard arranges groups of characters together into blocks. Blocks include everything from Basic Latin characters (which includes English), Greek, Arabic and Thai to Emoticons, Currency Symbols… learn more
The Understanding Language Initiative
The Understanding Language Initiative, developed at Stanford by well-respected specialists in the ELL world, links the common core standards in science with literacy. This site provides resources to… learn more
Characters, Symbols and the Unicode Miracle
Tom Scott explains how Unicode and UTF-8 "hack" solved the problem of representing all the symbols, characters and letters that are used worldwide. Blame it all on the… learn more
Emoji Unicode Tables
One way to get your students interested in all this is to bring up Emoji. This page lists many emoji characters and how they are displayed on different… learn more
Put yourself in a non-native speaker's shoes..
Want to give your students an idea of how a U.S. web site looks to a non-English speaker? Use Google Translate to convert a popular web site (or… learn more
Using Google Chrome's built in translation service
If you use the Google Chrome browser, this resource shows you how you can change the language Chrome uses and have Chrome translate webpages for you. learn more