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Tag Archives: French

ICT Tip: BonPatron identifies French spelling errors and common grammatical problems

31 Oct

Quick overview: The BonPatron website (http://www.bonpatron.com/en) is designed to assist FSL students write in French by identifying spelling errors and grammatical problems in their written French texts. What does it do? Using BonPatron, students type (or copy and paste) written … Read More »

Tools and Apps bonpatron, French, fsl, grammar, spelling

ICT Tip: Discover France – Spoken examples of typical French phrases for FSL students

6 Aug

Quick overview: A website that contains examples of actual spoken French phrases. What does it do? The Discover France site is great FSL site for students with an English mother tongue. On this site, there are TONS of French phrases … Read More »

Tools and Apps discover france, French, fsl, phrases, spoken

ICT Tip: Babbel – Vocabulary exercises for FSL classes

29 Jul

Quick overview: Babbel is a website (http://www.babbel.com) which contains spoken vocabulary exercises for a variety of everyday topics. What does it do? The Babbel site is designed for people learning a second language, such as French. The Babbel site is … Read More »

Tools and Apps babbel, French, fsl

ICT Tip: AT&T voice synthesis provides help with French and English pronunciation

27 Jun

Quick overview: A website that will read back ANY written text in a variety of realistic sounding synthesized voices. What does it do? The AT&T Text to Speech website (http://www.tinyurl.com/k49s9) allows you or your students to type in single words … Read More »

Tools and Apps English, French, Literacy, speech, synthesis, Tips for ALL subjects, voice

ICT Tip: The “Ma France” website features a multitude of media rich FSL activities

25 Jun

Quick overview: The BBC site Ma France is a website that contains many media rich FSL activities and exercises related to every day life. What does it do? Don’t be deceived by the “France” in the website name. Most of … Read More »

Tools and Apps French, fsl, ma france

ICT Tip: VozMe – Text to sound converter website

19 Jun

Quick overview: Transforms written text into speech files that can be played on portable music players. What does it do? In a nutshell, the VozMe (http://www.vozme.com) website is a “text-to-MP3” converter. The term “Text-to-MP3” means that one can copy and … Read More »

Tools and Apps English, French, ipod, Literacy, mp3, speech, text, word

About me:

Avi Spector is an Education Consultant with the Riverside School Board and the RECIT FGA Provincial Service for General Adult Education. His focus is to support assistive technologies, foster inclusive classroom practices, and develop accessible strategies and materials for all adult learners.

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