World Book Foreign Language Edition
1. I chose to view the Spanish version and an article on Animal de servicio. Of course, I cannot understand Spanish but from the picture it looks to be an article on a miniature horse being used like a seeing guide dog. At the present time we do not have any ESL students in our school but this site would be very useful and necessary. With the feature of read aloud, the poor reader would have access to the same information as the good reader.
2. I listened to an article on the christian religion. A student not proficient in the English language would have access to the same information as an English-speaking student. The diccionario visual is excellent for a student wishing to learn Spanish as well as the student learning English. At the bottom of each article the Spanish-speaking student as the option of clicking on World Book Kid and reading the same article in English.
I plan to use what I have learned this week in my library classes this week.
Good for you, Kathy! I hope your students take to World Book like ducks to water! You did a good job here of pointing out the useful features of the Spanish version. Another advantage of World Book Online in general is that all students can be in the same article at once, rather than waiting for a particular volume to become available if someone else is using it.
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