World Book Foreign Language Edition is based on the World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia and makes information available in both a Spanish Language Version and a French Language Version.
1. We were instructed to check out the visual dictionary in the language of our choice and look up an animal. I chose to use the World Book Spanish Language Version because in our area we have a large number of Spanish speaking workers therefore making it a useful resource in our Grant County Public Library. I don't speak any foreign language, and not knowing what to expect I decided to search for a very basic animal like a cat. This provided a challenge for me because I don't speak the languages getting around and even my cat searches were not productive. I do think we have patrons who would find this resource available to them in their native language as being useful.
2. We were instructed to go the World Book Spanish Version and look into an article and listen to it read aloud. Again, I can see this tool being very beneficial to a person who is just learning the language and by hearing it read would be able to try to comprehend what he hears. Not only does a person need to learn to speak a language but they need to learn to understand it when they hear it.
It sounds like the Spanish language encyclopedia can be useful in your community! We've had world language teachers use the foreign language encyclopedias as a tool for additional content for their classes. Thanks for your post!
ReplyDeleteJulie