Lesson 1c- World Book Foreign Language Edition

After searching through the visual dictionary in both the Spanish and French version, I think this would be a great tool for foreign language teachers.  I could see this being used as a tool to help students make a connection between the worlds they are learning and a visual aid.  I could also see this being useful for students who are ELL and are unfamiliar with many things around the classroom.  This tool could be used to aid in a stronger understanding when those students are immersed in the classroom.  I think this tool would be a great way to teach students problem solving skills as well.  Many students would easily become frustrated because they could not read the words.  It would be interesting to see them use other critical thinking skills to find what they were looking for even if they were unable to read and comprehend the words.

In the Spanish version, I also liked the link to have the passage read aloud in Spanish.  I think this again would be very useful in foreign language courses.  I think too many times students can learn the words but never correctly learn how to pronounce them and use them in the correct context.  I feel the more students are exposed to the information the more successful they will be.  I also think this feature would be useful for ELL students who are making the transition into the classroom.  They could learn the information in their native language and then create the rest of their project. I could see this being a great bridge for many ELL students.