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creitan
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I made my first web site in 1996 and have been using the web for language teaching and learning ever since.

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It never ceases to amaze me how varied our students are and what it takes to get them to enter the course. Even after orientations where they are shown in person exactly what they need to do, they are...
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Thank you, Heather, for your comment! You are absolutely right! This IS an equity issue. Even college students in elementary language classes find the lack of a special character tool a barrier to lea...
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Canvas keeps refusing to add a special character tool. It is because they cannot tell the difference between a second language user and a second language learner. It is true that a native speaker will...
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That is a good first step. But now our students need to be able to easily access these diacritical marks so they can learn to spell correctly.
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Thank you, Heather, for your comment! You are absolutely right! This IS an equity issue. Even college students in elementary language classes find the lack of a special character tool a barrier to lea...
Aug 2, 2020 4:52:24 PM
Canvas keeps refusing to add a special character tool. It is because they cannot tell the difference between a second language user and a second language learner. It is true that a native speaker will...
Feb 4, 2020 11:54:13 AM
That is a good first step. But now our students need to be able to easily access these diacritical marks so they can learn to spell correctly.
Jun 13, 2019 12:37:25 PM
Renee, I agree that native speakers of other languages may not use the tool. But that is not the point! We need the tool for language learners! Math teachers may not use the math tool either, but stud...
Jun 12, 2019 11:32:58 AM

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