{"id":6745,"date":"2018-09-14T16:25:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T23:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/translation\/?p=6745"},"modified":"2019-03-15T09:36:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T16:36:30","slug":"back-to-school-how-translator-helps-english-language-learners-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator/blog\/2018\/09\/14\/back-to-school-how-translator-helps-english-language-learners-overseas\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-to-School: How Translator Helps English Language Learners Overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sara Mata, a Certified K-12 Reading Specialist, recently learned about Microsoft Translator and how this tool can help with reading comprehension for her remote English Language Learners (ELL) from China.<\/p>\n<p>While attending the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iste.org\/\">International Society for Technology in Education<\/a> (ISTE) conference in Chicago, Sara came across a demo of Microsoft Translator and realized immediately how this technology could impact her remote reading comprehension sessions with James, a Chinese student, who is a visual learner.<\/p>\n<p>Although Sara uses tools such as Skype to share her live presentation, there wasn\u2019t a way to provide live captions in English while simultaneously viewing captions in the student\u2019s native language.<\/p>\n<p>Discovering the <a href=\"http:\/\/translate.it\">Microsoft Translator live feature<\/a> has changed the way Sara engages with her students. As a visual learner, James can now follow along with Sara\u2019s English captions, while also viewing the translation in his native language.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/09\/ELL_sara-mata.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/09\/ELL_sara-mata.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"428\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6755\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>James expressed his enthusiasm with the following quote: \u201cMs. Mata, the Translator helped me feel so much more comfortable during my lesson, and I even learned new vocabulary!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about how Microsoft Translator helps engage English Language Learners using live, translated captioning, <span><a href=\"https:\/\/educationblog.microsoft.com\/2018\/08\/unleashing-esl-students-potential-with-microsoft-translator\/\">read Sara Mata\u2019s blog<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>To start using Microsoft Translator for Education, visit our Translator for Education page to download the free app and find additional resource materials for teachers: <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aka.ms\/translatoredu\">aka.ms\/translatoredu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sara Mata, a Certified K-12 Reading Specialist, recently learned about Microsoft Translator and how this tool can help with reading comprehension for her remote English Language Learners (ELL) from China. 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