[etni] Re: quicktionaries

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Several years ago, I had a very good 4-point student who was absolutely
incapable of using a regular electronic dictionary.  She had had a brain
tumor removed and her motor skills were severely impaired.  She could barely
manage to run the Quicktionary across a word, much less actually type
letters into an electronic dictionary.  I realize that she was an exception,
but like Sharon, I would be careful about statements claiming that the
Quicktionary is worthless -- for some students, it's an invaluable tool.

Bari

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> Actually, I'm pretty certain that kids who are allowed to use an
> electronic
> dictionary MAY use the quicktionary, but only the older model which
> translates word by word; not the newer ones which scan a whole line.
> (Actually, I thought that was a pretty weird distinction, because
> the newer
> model only scans the whole line. it doesn't translate the line. the
> translation is still for each individual word.)
> As for which is better - it depends on the student. Obviously, the
> electronic dictionaries give more, but a student has to be able
> to type in a
> least the first few letter  and then recognize the word, or type
> in all the
> letters.
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> Yours,
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> Sharon Tzur
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