Digital tools on this page support learners that need support for
​transitioning to, and acquisition of the English language.

Is English the learner's secondary language?
Is the primary language in the learner's home one other than English?
Does the learner fluently communicate in a language other than English?
Does the learner communicate verbally in English but struggle to read and write?
Does the learner have partial or complete hearing loss?

English Language Learners

English language learners benefit from the reinforcement of vocabulary and concepts through pictures, graphics and video. They also benefit from being able to use technology to express themselves...Technology helps English language learners find a voice, easing the transition to a new language.                                                                          -Supporting English Language Learners Through Technology
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Hearing Impaired

Students and parents with partial or full hearing loss can also benefit from technology that helps them be as immersed in the conversation within the setting as those around them without similar impairment.  Many of the tools that benefit English language learners also benefit those with a hearing related disability. 

Digital Tools for Translation

ReadLang extension/app
  • ​ReadLang is a Google Chrome extension that allows the user to easily click and translate single words in a document or webpage.  It will do phrases but not as smoothly.  
  • One of its best features is the fact that it creates flashcards as it is used so that the user can go back and practice with the words that they didn't know. 
Actively Learn 
  • Embedded student tool for first language translation of text
  • ​Actively Learn offers amazing accommodation tools all around and the translator feature is no exception.  Students can choose which language they want to see a word or phrase in, and then see the translated phrases by simply highlighting the word(s) they don't understand in English.
  • They can choose to highlight single words or whole phrases for translation.
Microsoft  Translator
  • This tool along with Immersive Reader which translates into languages is available in all of the Office 365 products.  If you have not updated from 2016 and have access to Office 365 online you have all of these tools. (CMCSS teachers can access via Classlink.)
  • App - available in Microsoft Store and in App Store  
  • Microsoft Edge Extension - available in Microsoft Store
  • PowerPoint - Presentation Translator available at this LINK
    • Subtitles - under "Slide Show" tab, shows presenters words spoken in subtitles projection screen and/or audience app
    • Translate Slides - under "Slide Show" tab, translates slides of PPT and creates copy of file to be renamed/saved
    • Translate Selected Text - Under "Review" tab
    • Mini-Translator - Under "Review" tab, opens popup window with a translation every time you select a sentence or hover over a word, stays active once opened until deactivated
  • Microsoft Word - Under "Review" tab
    • Translate Whole Document - opens translation of whole document in web browser, can be copied pasted from there.
    • Translate Selected Text
    • Mini-Translator - Opens popup window with a translation every time you select a sentence or hover over a word, stays active once opened until deactivated
  • One Note - Under "Review" tab
    • Translate Selected Text
    • Mini-Translator - Opens popup window with a translation every time you select a sentence or hover over a word, stays active once opened until deactivated
  • ​Outlook Add-In
    • ​Translates email message text on the fly. The translation is immediate and is displayed next to the reading pane in your mailbox.
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Microsoft Translator App
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Microsoft Translator Edge Browser Extension
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Review Tools-Translation Options
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Presentation Translator for PowerPoint
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Microsoft Translator for Outlook
​Microsoft Presentation Translator
  • This is a Microsoft Garage Project that allows the user to turn any PowerPoint into a closed caption presentation.  It will translate not only the presentation into another language, but it provides the closed caption feature in the person's native language during the presentation. 
ReadAloud extension
  • ​The ReadAloud extension allows those who struggle with written English to hear the text on any web page or document. 
Speak It! Extension​
  • Speak It allows the user to select small amounts of text and hear it in English or in one of 27 different available languages.
ImTranslator (Google extension)
  • ​This Google extension will read to the user in English or translate it into a 100 different languages.
Google Translate
  • ​Google offers a translation tool that functions on its apps.  
  • It is easy to use basic translator. 
SignTalk Extension
  • This extension will record speech and translate it into sign language by pulling from a library of recorded translations from interpreters. 
Papago
Papago refers to a parrot, which is a bird with language abilities. 11 languages are supported in Papago: Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and Russian. Includes real-time text, voice, image, and conversation translation, dictionary, and phrasebook.  Be confident anytime, anywhere with your translating partner, Papago!