English Language Development (ELD)

LMSD Resources

Multilingual Communication Resources

LMSD ELD Resources Presentation
Pocket Talk devices are hand-held translators for use with multilingual students and parents. Employees must sign the usage guidelines to use them. Students need parent permission, granted through the PowerSchool Portal. Parents do not need to sign the guidelines to use a device. Pocket Talk User Guide
Talking points is a messaging system that communicates with families in their primary language. Quick Start Teacher Guide
Transperfect is our district's Telephone Interpreting Service that we can use to communicate with families. This is especially helpful during Parent-Teacher Conferences. How to Add an Interpreter

Technology Resources

Reading

Explore the speaking and translation resources below.

Speak Selection on Macbooks - Set up a Macbook to speak selections of text in any language.
Chrome Translation - Translate any Chrome webpage by right-clicking on the webpage & selecting Translate from the menu.
Schoology Language - To change the language on Schoology, scroll to the bottom of the page, click English on the left, and select another language.
Schoology's Immersive Reader - This feature allows a student to access text accommodations including text-to-speech, language translation, and more.
iPhone's Translate app - This app comes installed on iPhones and uses the camera to translate a picture of anything that has text.
Nearpod's Immersive Reader - This feature allows a student to access text accommodations including text-to-speech, language translation, and more within a lesson. (Demo)
Google Translate - Translate text, images, documents, and entire websites to any language.
Translate Google Docs - Students can Make a copy of any Google Doc and then translate it into any language.
Translate Word Docs - Students can translate any Word Doc within the Microsoft Word app.

Writing

Dictation is a way for users to say words that a computer microphone listens to and then computer then types the spoken words. It is also known as "speech-to-text" and "voice typing." To use this feature, the computer microphone needs to be ON and working.

Dictation on Macbooks - Dictate messages and documents on a Macbook. (Demo)
Dictate a Google Docs - Dictate school work directly in a Google Doc.
Dictate a Word Doc - Dictate school work directly in a Microsoft Word Doc.

Listening

Explore how to use closed captions:

YouTube videos with translated Closed Captions - view a YouTube video with closed captions in ANY language.
Google Slides with Closed Captions - present a slideshow and watch as your microphone produces closed captions as you speak. (Demo)

Speaking

Google Pronunciation Tool - Learn how to pronounce any word, with the ability to see a mouth speaking the word and slow down the pronunciation. *The "Practice" feature shown in the video may only be available when signed into a personal Google account.

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