1 Using OMT to enhance reading skills
Activity 1 demonstrates how you can use OMT to understand a foreign language text in more detail and explore new vocabulary. There is an activity available in French, German and Spanish. Select the activity that applies to the language you are focusing on or are most familiar with.
To avoid losing your place in the course, if you are studying on a desktop you should open the link to the activity in a new tab or window by holding down Ctrl (or Cmd on a Mac) when you click on it. If you are studying on a mobile device hold down the link and select to ‘Open in New Tab’. Return here when you have finished.
Activity 1 Exploring idioms through reading
- Activity 1 – French [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
- Activity 1 – German
- Activity 1 – Spanish
Using OMT can also help you to explore grammatical features, such as subject pronouns. In Activity 2 you will use OMT to translate your target language text into English, which will help you to understand the usage of subject pronouns and identify the differences in their use between the languages.
OMT can also provide immediate corrections and suggestions, which can help you to see the correct usage of subject pronouns in various contexts. Furthermore, OMT can expose language learners to a wide range of examples and sentences using different subject pronouns, aiding better comprehension and practical application.
Activity 2 Exploring the use of subject pronouns
Activity 3 shows how you can use OMT to explore false friends, words and phrases that look similar in different languages but have different meanings and often lead to mistranslations. This activity is only available in French, however the extension activities that are part of it can be applied to your target language.