3. Los traductores: Parte 2 - There are online translators that will
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El uso de los diccionarios y traductores en la clase de español Nombre:___________Apellido___________________ Hora:_____Fecha:____________________ A. Propósito (Purpose) To be able to effectively use a Spanish/English dictionary or translator with the most educational gains 1. Can you think of words that can be labeled as two or more parts of speech? An example is bark. Bark could be a noun (the bark of a tree) or a verb (the dog barks). Try to come up with 5 examples and write them below. Word Bark Parts of Speech Noun, verb Examples of Usage Bark of a tree, the dog barks 1 2 3 4 5 B. Investigaciones: What should I know about a dictionary before I use it? 1. What order are the words in? a. Are there letters that differ than the English alphabet? Where can I find words that start with those letters? b. How do I find a word that starts with a direct object? (el, la, los, las) 2. What symbols and abbreviations does the dictionary use? a. Using a Spanish-English dictionary, write down the abbreviations in the spaces below (not all of them may be present in every dictionary). i. Many paper dictionaries have an introduction at the start with a list of abbreviations used adjective article feminine feminine plural masculine feminine noun noun masculine noun preposition infinitive pronoun adj adverb conjunction familiar Latin American masculine or feminine feminine plural noun plural masculine plural noun verb abbreviation irregular El uso de los diccionarios y traductores en la clase de español b. Are there other resources in the dictionary verb charts or explanations of the verb tenses? Find one and show some examples of the verbs below. Verbo Hacer Pensar Querer Vivir Formas Hago, haces, hace E. ¡Pruébalo! Now you will try looking up some words in dictionaries to learn how to choose the correct definitions, as well as the pros and cons for each type of dictionary. 1. Look up the following words on wordreference.com. Find the correct meaning of the word using the part of speech abbreviation and other symbols. Your teacher can verify if you found the correct meanings. **Think of two more that you could do and add them to the bottom rows (a) and (b). You may use one you wrote down for C.6. above. Bark – the bark of a tree Bark – the dog barked Wind – the wind blows the leaves Wind – he wound the cord around the pole Out – the doctor is out for the day (absent) Over – the cost is over $10 Over – do the homework over, it’s no good Race – we won the race Race – what race is the boy? Score – what is the score of the game? Score – the music score Stick – the stick made of wood Stick – he stuck the paper to the box with glue Tooth – I lost my tooth Toothbrush – his toothbrush is green White – I like the color white White – the egg white Rest – let’s take a rest (a break) Rest – they rested for two hours (relaxed) Rest – the rest of the food wasn’t eaten (a) (b) El uso de los diccionarios y traductores en la clase de español 2. Los traductores (translators) – Parte 1. Now you’ll practice using an online translator for individual words. Go to translate.google.com and type in the following words. Translate them from English to Spanish and write down the Spanish word it gives you in the middle column. Then take that Spanish word and look it up in a paper dictionary or use www.wordreference.com. What does it mean in English? What part of speech is it? Give a sample to show what it means. bark wind out over race score stick tooth toothbrush white rest ladrido a dog bark (noun) 3. Los traductores: Parte 2 - There are online translators that will translate sentences from English to Spanish and vice versa. As you have seen in #2 above, you cannot completely trust the translator to pick the best word. Type in the following English sentences and write down the Spanish answers given by translate.google.com. See the notes given, then decide if the Google translation was correct or not. A Sentence to Translate We played the music score. B Google: Jugamos la partitura. I see the rose. C Google: We’re out of candy. D Google: We saw the panda live. Google: Notes/Hints In class you’ve probably learned that jugar is to play sports and tocar is to play instruments. Remember that the I/yo conjugation ends in –o for the present tense and rose is feminine. Remember that fuera and afuera mean “outside” “The panda” is a singular feminine noun. Good? Erroneous? X El uso de los diccionarios y traductores en la clase de español 4. Los traductores – Part 3. Write complete and thoughtful answers to these questions. a. What is your school’s or teacher’s policy for writing sentences that you got from translators? b. What is your school’s or teacher’s policy about using translators to understand the general meaning of a text? When is it OK and when is it not OK? c. What is your school’s or teacher’s policy for using Spanish-English dictionaries on assignments? d. What is your school’s or teacher’s policy for working with a friend or copying work from a friend? e. What is your opinion about these policies? 5. Debriefing questions: a. What does your data above show from E.1-4? What can you conclude from these minitests? b. When would it be useful to use an online translator to look up one word? c. When would it not be useful to look up one word, and it might be better to use a more comprehensive dictionary (paper or online)? d. When is it useful to use an online translator for sentences? e. When would it not be OK to use an online translator for sentences? El uso de los diccionarios y traductores en la clase de español f. How can you check your answers from translators or dictionaries? g. When should you not use verb conjugations you get from sentence translators? h. Are there any better resources for conjugating verbs? Find one online and write it down here: i. For class assignments, when would it be OK to use many new words from a dictionary? When would it not be OK? F. Evaluación – Now you will take what you’ve learned to review and rate different Spanish-English dictionaries and translators. Your teacher will break you into six groups. Each group (and every member in that group) will fill out the questions for their selected dictionary or translator in the chart given below. Grupo 1: http://www.bing.com/translator Grupo 2: http://www.spanishdict.com/ Grupo 3: pick a paper dictionary from the classroom Grupo 4: the dictionary at the back of your Spanish textbook Grupo 5: http://www.wordreference.com Grupo 6: http://www.collinsdictionary.com Need more groups? They can research different dictionaries in the classroom, Apps on a smartphone, or translate.google.com. Group Dictionary Research Chart Dictionary/Translator: What features does this dictionary have? For what would this dictionary be most useful? For what would this dictionary be least El uso de los diccionarios y traductores en la clase de español useful? How accurate would you say this dictionary is? How easy to use is it? Can this dictionary help you with verb conjugations? How? What is your overall rating of this dictionary? Color in the stars. G. Las normas (Policies) - Now that you have become an expert at using one of the dictionaries listed in part F, form a new group made up of each of the different dictionary experts. Each person in your new group will be an expert on a different dictionary. Complete the activity below as a group, but each person should still write their own notes. 1. Take turns sharing about your dictionary/translator/app. Read through the chart from part F. 2. As a group, decide what should be done for the following instances: a. You’re having difficulties understanding a paragraph in a Spanish novel: ________________________________________________________________________ b. You’re having trouble writing about your summer vacation for a Spanish presentation: ________________________________________________________________________ c. You’re creating a menu for class and you don’t know how to say pineapple: ________________________________________________________________________ d. You don’t understand a newspaper heading because it has three new words: ________________________________________________________________________ e. You’re trying to write an essay but you don’t know words like therefore, nevertheless, and in conclusion: ________________________________________________________________________ f. You’re short on time and have already written your paragraph in English, but need to get it into Spanish for an assignment due tomorrow: ________________________________________________________________________ g. Your older brother is in a higher level of Spanish and is helping you to do your homework. He knows many new verb conjugations and words that you don’t know yet. ________________________________________________________________________ 3. If you were the teachers in the World Language department at your school, what would your policy be for using dictionaries and translators in your classes? Come up with the rules and consequences your group feels would be most beneficial to students learning the language and El uso de los diccionarios y traductores en la clase de español making honest efforts at completing their work. Your group will share your policy from with the entire class. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ H. ¿Te ayudó en algo? Did this activity help you? Rate yourself below using this scale: 1 = I strongly disagree 2 = I disagree 3 = neutral a. b. c. d. e. f. 4 = I agree 5 = I strongly agree I feel confident that I can correctly find translations of Spanish/English words. __________ I can decide which dictionary/translator is most effective to use for my assignment. __________ I can understand the symbols in a Spanish/English dictionary and locate the key for them. ________ I can make a judgment or opinion about the quality of a dictionary. __________ I know about a variety of dictionaries and translators available.__________ I understand the policies and consequences set forth by my school/teacher regarding dictionaries and translators in the foreign language class and have an opinion about them. __________ g. I won’t plagiarize on Spanish assignments and will always do the work that was intended for me to do, so I can learn and practice the skills most effectively. __________ -----------------This activity was created by Tara J. Martin of Issaquah, WA 2013.
