Not a lot going on this weekend - even though it was a beautiful weekend, we stayed mostly indoors because its mid-term week. For the most part, the girls gave me their notes and I asked questions but both kids decided to take French - a language I knew little about and frankly did not want to learn. I do not like the sound of the French language - it has a nasal sound that grates my nerves. None the less they needed to study. Odd thing is that their French textbook is all in French - you have to go to the back of the book for English translation and then it's not always there. They made flashcards for the most part but phrases were more difficult. They needed to know how to listen and understand as well as speak it.
Enter ... google translate. I would type in the sentence or phrase, press the sound button and my kids would translate. Viola!
Although the translations were not perfect, the reading of the french that I typed in was.
Google translate mobile or
Google translate online - we used both all weekend:
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