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Empower English Learners with Slides Translator
I was working with an amazing elementary school teacher the other day from Adobe Bluffs Elementary School. She has a student who is highly literate in his primary language but has limited English proficiency.
To support her student who speaks Korean, this teacher translated all of her instructions into Korean. Did I mention she is amazing? The teacher was concerned that her student was getting frustrated because he didn't have access to the content. Instead of throwing her hands up and wishing the boy good luck, she took action.
On the day I visited this teacher, I saw she had translated her Google Slides, prompts, handouts, and math worksheets in Korean. Phew. This is a lot of work. She didn't mind. She wanted her student to access the material. She knew he was capable but the language barrier is currently too high.
Does this story resonate with you? Do you have English language learners in your classroom? Do you wish they had a few more tools to help them access your content?
It used to be that we would have to do most of the heavy lifting when supporting our language learners. Luckily, Google gets better and better every day. Now, we can use Slides Translator to help us translate the content on our Google slides.
This Google Slides add-on allows you and your students (depending on who installs the add-on) to translate content into 65+ languages. Like Google Doc translate, this feature helps classroom teachers increase access for their English learners.
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