| Neotacha | 08 Dec 2008 6:57 p.m. PST |
Just got a new student today -- a nice Vietnamese boy with very little English. His hand-held translator doesn't do biology terms, and I'm afraid he's going to be lost forever if I can't find a decent biology glossary. Anyone know where I can find (reasonably inexpensively, please, this'll be coming out of my pocket) a glossary of biological terms in English and Vietnamese? On the other hand, all the girls in class never worked so hard, so they could go help "Ducky" with the assignment. |
olddat  | 08 Dec 2008 8:06 p.m. PST |
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| Neotacha | 08 Dec 2008 8:47 p.m. PST |
Yes, but unfortunately, I can't use it at school. I was hoping for something in print that I can send home with the kid. Thanks for the suggestion, though. It may come to that. |
 enfant perdus | 09 Dec 2008 9:00 a.m. PST |
Neo, I'm not sure how you can access this but it looks like it could be useful.
link |
| Neotacha | 09 Dec 2008 4:09 p.m. PST |
I saw that too, enfant, and can't think of a way to get hold of it. I wonder if my textbook publisher has anything for another state? |
| iouliared | 10 Dec 2008 10:31 a.m. PST |
I asked my girlfriend just now, she is working at a community college with a lot of ESL students, so I hope to get some info by tonight. |
| Neotacha | 10 Dec 2008 3:20 p.m. PST |
A thousand blessings on your head for going that far, iouliared. A thousand more on the both of you if anything comes of it. |
| enfant perdus | 10 Dec 2008 9:30 p.m. PST |
Neo, Tonight I was able to talk to a friend ( link ) about your situation. He does a lot of work with Vietnam, both over there and with fellowship students working in the US. I told him it doesn't need to be collegiate level stuff, but whatever we could get would be great. Odds are there might be something available from the Vietnamese and hee said he would look into it. Unfortunately I probably won't hear from him until next week. I'll let you know when he gets back to me. Here's hoping! |
| iouliared | 11 Dec 2008 10:27 a.m. PST |
Sorry, the only thing she found was a medical dictionary that is over $250 USD dollars. Is there anyway he could check something like this out from a college library, or maybe you could for him being a teacher and all. Good luck, the Duck Man is a lucky student to have you as a teacher. |
| Cher Ami | 11 Dec 2008 1:20 p.m. PST |
Neotcha
try this
link
UCLA has a languge resource library looks like resources listed are available from
ERIC Document Reproduction Service, 7420 Fullerton Road, Suite 110, Springfield, Virginia 22153-2852, Phone: 800-443-3742 Nancy
Wargames |
| Neotacha | 11 Dec 2008 8:11 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the help so far. Duc's poor electronic dictionary and I are going nuts trying to make sure the kid has at least a vague clue what he's doing. Vague is all we have, sadly. So far no real joy finding anything remotely useful. Most of the resources listed at UCLA seem to be basic grammars; we need a specific glossary type thing. I have a nasty suspicion I'm going to be spending a lot of my Christmas break trying to define some of the more difficult terms on babelfish. |
