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5.1:

Explore the iLoveLanguages guide to language-related websites and Ethnologue: Languages of the World.

Compare resources on any two languages new to you.

5.2:

Take the New York time dialect quiz.  How does the quiz relate language to identities? What does this quiz say about your identity?

5.3:

Translate a page on the internet from English into a second language you know (or work with another student who knows a language in addition to English) using Yahoo! Babel Fish at:  http://babelfish.yahoo.com/ and Google Translate at:  http://translate.google.com/

Check to see if there are any apps now available for spoken language translation:

5.4:

The software called Trippo VoiceMagix, was launched for iPhone. It allows users to translate English speech into 14 languages. It is also available for J2ME, Android and Windows Mobile. Developed by Cellictica (http://www.cellictica.com).

The software Speechtrans TM, launched a beta prototype two-way Speech to Speech translator service as an IPhone app. Languages are English, UK English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese.

The Android app, Speaking Universal Translator, was released by DLP Mobile. The languages it can translate to and from include English, Spanish, Italian, and French.

Evaluate their accuracy.