--- Forwarded Message from Lauren Rosen <[log in to unmask]> ---

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>Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 08:38:43 -0600
>Subject: Re: #6435 Proliferation of Translating Sites
>From: Lauren Rosen <[log in to unmask]>
>To: LLTI message <[log in to unmask]>
>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>

Hi John,

Just for fun once I took a paragraph in Spanish in and asked my students to
run it through their favorite internet translator to make it into English
and then bring in their results. It was quite humorous because of how poorly
things were translated. That seemed to cure them at least for a bit. Now I
think I would just do it before their eyes since more classrooms have
in-room access to the internet.

Good luck,
Lauren


On 12/14/01 6:54 AM, "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>> Reply-To: "John M. Esposito" <[log in to unmask]>
>> From: "John M. Esposito" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Proliferation of Translating Sites
>> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 16:35:31 -0500
>> Organization: The College of Staten Island, CUNY
>> Disposition-Notification-To: "John M. Esposito"
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> During this hectic final season, I have noticed an increase use of Internet
> translating sites by the students in our lab.  I understand that this is a
> larger pedagogical issue here, but I was interested to hear how others have
> dealt with this problem.  Obviously, on a one-to-one basis, you can explain
> the dangers of trusting such sites, but most times, students don't ask and
> just proceed on their own.  Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks!  John.
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