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Using Technology for Learning Foreign Language
Vocabulary
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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
beginners level and work their way to higher
levels at the users own pace. All software is
not equal in quality, so it is important to try
the demo before buying it.
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Visual Link Claims
-designed to teach you to speak in complete
sentences and help you become fluent in
conversational Spanish -fun and easy to remembe
r - helps engrave Spanish words and sentences i
nto long term memory, allowing for easy recall at
a later time
http//www.learnspanishtoday.com
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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
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Visual Link Quick View
-Number of Languages 1 (Spanish)
-Method Sentence building, native pronunciation
model, learn by topic -Price Full Cour
se on CD ROM 135 -Problems No
ne
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Mango Languages
Heres what Mango has to say about
itself Mango beta is an online enterprise-le
vel 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
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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
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Declan Software Claims
Declan's FlashCards is a fully configurable
audio-based vocabulary flash-card program.
The program has been designed to help students l
earn 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
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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
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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
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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
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ONLINE DECTIONARIES AND TRANSLATIONS
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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
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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.

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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 co
mputer, 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 wha
ts written or suggestions for translating
something into another language.
For more information go to Google guide at
this link http//www.googleguide.com/translatio
n.html
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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 hel
p 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).
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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

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disadvantages

• Access to online.
• Some web sites dont 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.
  

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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

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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

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Learning Vocabulary by Computer Games
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• '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.

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• 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.
  

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• '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.

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• 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.
  

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Resources

• http//www.teflgames.com/why.html
• http//www.inquizitor.com/img/stock/held-controlle
  r.jpg
  
• http//www.gamequarium.com/spanishvocab.html
• http//www.quiz-tree.com/French_Vocabulary_main.ht
  ml
  
• http//www.smart-kit.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/0
  4/sleep-learning.jpg
  
• http//digitaldialects.com/Chinese.htm
• http//www.reggie.net/teaching/images/abc.gif
• http//www.lindnerlearning.com/images/girl_reach_b
  ooks.jpg
  
• http//webs.wichita.edu/depttools/depttoolsmemberf
  iles/accomp/question_mark20(WinCE).jpg
  

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MULTIMEDIA DEVICESFOR LEARNING VOCABULARY
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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

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• 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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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).

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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.

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Resources

• www.wikipedia.org
• www.image.google.com
• www.answers.com
• http//www.loquella.com/learnspanishmp3.html
• www.apple.com