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Adapting Assignments for Google Translate Use in the Language Classroom

Published on Jan 28, 2016

An interactive workshop for instructors interested in a different approach to Google Translate. Participants will explore the benefits and barriers to students' use of Google Translate in the language class before adapting their own assignments and rubrics to include Google Translate use that supports academic rigor and mindful language learning.

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Adapting Assignments

for Google Translate Use in the Language Classroom
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download & open Google Translate

on your mobile device
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Say the frases out loud into GT...

  • Fel cath i gythraul!
  • Das ist mir Wurst!
  • Masyado namang mababaw ang luha mo!
  • Keçileri Kaçırmak!
  • Moenie die hoender ruk nie!
Welsh: fel cath i gythraul! = like a cat to the devil = to go very fast and wildly

German Das ist mir Wurst = this is sausage to me = "whatever!"

Tagalog Masyado namang mababaw ang luha mo! = Your tears are too shallow! = You cry too easily

Turkish Keçileri Kaçırmak = Losing the goats = "to go bananas,", "to lose the plot" or "to go stir crazy,"

Afrikaans Moenie die hoender ruk nie = Do not shake the chicken = Do not overdo it
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Das ist mir Wurst!

Welsh: fel cath i gythraul! = like a cat to the devil = to go very fast and wildly

German Das ist mir Wurst = this is sausage to me = "whatever!"

Tagalog Masyado namang mababaw ang luha mo! = Your tears are too shallow! = You cry too easily

Turkish Keçileri Kaçırmak = Losing the goats = "to go bananas,", "to lose the plot" or "to go stir crazy,"

Afrikaans Moenie die hoender ruk nie = Do not shake the chicken = Do not overdo it
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this is my sausage

(I don't give a fig! Whatever!)
Welsh: fel cath i gythraul! = like a cat to the devil = to go very fast and wildly

German Das ist mir Wurst = this is sausage to me = "whatever!"

Tagalog Masyado namang mababaw ang luha mo! = Your tears are too shallow! = You cry too easily

Turkish Keçileri Kaçırmak = Losing the goats = "to go bananas,", "to lose the plot" or "to go stir crazy,"

Afrikaans Moenie die hoender ruk nie = Do not shake the chicken = Do not overdo it
Photo by Matt Botsford

Fel cath i gythraul!

Welsh: fel cath i gythraul! = like a cat to the devil = to go very fast and wildly

German Das ist mir Wurst = this is sausage to me = "whatever!"

Tagalog Masyado namang mababaw ang luha mo! = Your tears are too shallow! = You cry too easily

Turkish Keçileri Kaçırmak = Losing the goats = "to go bananas,", "to lose the plot" or "to go stir crazy,"

Afrikaans Moenie die hoender ruk nie = Do not shake the chicken = Do not overdo it
Photo by Matt Botsford

like a cat to the devil

(Like a bat out of hell! To go fast and wildly!)
Welsh: fel cath i gythraul! = like a cat to the devil = to go very fast and wildly

German Das ist mir Wurst = this is sausage to me = "whatever!"

Tagalog Masyado namang mababaw ang luha mo! = Your tears are too shallow! = You cry too easily

Turkish Keçileri Kaçırmak = Losing the goats = "to go bananas,", "to lose the plot" or "to go stir crazy,"

Afrikaans Moenie die hoender ruk nie = Do not shake the chicken = Do not overdo it
Photo by Matt Botsford

Push 'Mo Yan!

Welsh: fel cath i gythraul! = like a cat to the devil = to go very fast and wildly

German Das ist mir Wurst = this is sausage to me = "whatever!"

Tagalog Masyado namang mababaw ang luha mo! = Your tears are too shallow! = You cry too easily

Turkish Keçileri Kaçırmak = Losing the goats = "to go bananas,", "to lose the plot" or "to go stir crazy,"

Afrikaans Moenie die hoender ruk nie = Do not shake the chicken = Do not overdo it
Photo by Matt Botsford

Push 'Mo Yan!

Welsh: fel cath i gythraul! = like a cat to the devil = to go very fast and wildly

German Das ist mir Wurst = this is sausage to me = "whatever!"

Tagalog Masyado namang mababaw ang luha mo! = Your tears are too shallow! = You cry too easily

Turkish Keçileri Kaçırmak = Losing the goats = "to go bananas,", "to lose the plot" or "to go stir crazy,"

Afrikaans Moenie die hoender ruk nie = Do not shake the chicken = Do not overdo it
Photo by Matt Botsford

Push it!

(Go for it!
Welsh: fel cath i gythraul! = like a cat to the devil = to go very fast and wildly

German Das ist mir Wurst = this is sausage to me = "whatever!"

Tagalog Masyado namang mababaw ang luha mo! = Push it! = Go for it!

Turkish Keçileri Kaçırmak = Losing the goats = "to go bananas,", "to lose the plot" or "to go stir crazy,"

Afrikaans Moenie die hoender ruk nie = Do not shake the chicken = Do not overdo it
Photo by Matt Botsford

Keçileri Kaçırmak

Welsh: fel cath i gythraul! = like a cat to the devil = to go very fast and wildly

German Das ist mir Wurst = this is sausage to me = "whatever!"

Tagalog Push 'Mo Yan! = Push it! = Go for it!

Turkish Keçileri Kaçırmak = Losing the goats = "to go bananas,", "to lose the plot" or "to go stir crazy,"

Afrikaans Moenie die hoender ruk nie = Do not shake the chicken = Do not overdo it
Photo by Matt Botsford

losing the goats

(To lose the plot. Go crazy.)
Welsh: fel cath i gythraul! = like a cat to the devil = to go very fast and wildly

German Das ist mir Wurst = this is sausage to me = "whatever!"

Tagalog Push 'Mo Yan! = Push it! = Go for it!

Turkish Keçileri Kaçırmak = Losing the goats = "to go bananas,", "to lose the plot" or "to go stir crazy,"

Afrikaans Moenie die hoender ruk nie = Do not shake the chicken = Do not overdo it
Photo by Matt Botsford

Moenie die hoender ruk nie

Welsh: fel cath i gythraul! = like a cat to the devil = to go very fast and wildly

German Das ist mir Wurst = this is sausage to me = "whatever!"

Tagalog Push 'Mo Yan! = Push it! = Go for it!

Turkish Keçileri Kaçırmak = Losing the goats = "to go bananas,", "to lose the plot" or "to go stir crazy,"

Afrikaans Moenie die hoender ruk nie = Do not shake the chicken = Do not overdo it
Photo by Matt Botsford

don't shake the chicken

(Take it easy!)
Welsh: fel cath i gythraul! = like a cat to the devil = to go very fast and wildly

German Das ist mir Wurst = this is sausage to me = "whatever!"

Tagalog Push 'Mo Yan! = Push it! = Go for it!

Turkish Keçileri Kaçırmak = Losing the goats = "to go bananas,", "to lose the plot" or "to go stir crazy,"

Afrikaans Moenie die hoender ruk nie = Do not shake the chicken = Do not overdo it
Photo by Matt Botsford

Duke: Clifford, Merschel, & Munné (2013) & 5 universities: Jolley & Maimone (2015)

Do you use OMT?
Duke: Clifford, Merschel, & Munné (2013) & 5 universities: Jolley & Maimone (2015)

practicing pronunciation

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writing assignments

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problems

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My major is Spanish. Mi especialización es español.

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comandante = major (military rank)
menor = minor (child)

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writing assignments

Find an example writing assignment!
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Jolley & Maimone (2015)

Add Expectations

  • Include examples of grammar & vocabulary
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  • Identify examples within the text
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Add Limitations

  • Limit verb tenses
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Add Support

  • Include a Model
  • Include guiding questions
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  • Include a Rubric
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  • Include an Orientation Assignment
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Add Support

  • Allow Revision & Re-submision
  • Add Soft Deadlines
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