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Once I demonstrated this by speaking into the microphone with an accent, they realized that simply pronouncing the Spanish words wasn’t good enough. I told the students that they MUST speak with a proper Spanish accent in order for their words to appear. When I first facilitated a lesson with this tool, many students got frustrated when the computer wouldn’t show what they were saying. This is the magic! By speaking rather than typing, students get to practice their Spanish accent! Now, you may ask why the students don’t simply type the answers. You must speak in Spanish.Ĭreate a Google Doc with questions or sentences in English that the students have to answer or translate into Spanish. If you speak in English, the voice type won’t type anything. Only proper nouns such as someone’s name (Albert) or a place (Seattle) can result in an error that is easily corrected by typing out the noun. The accuracy is amazing! The accents are properly placed. Start speaking in Spanish and watch the words flow on to the page. You will have to click “Allow” so that your microphone can be accessed by Google Docs. Notice all of the languages (and dialects) that are available! Am I repeating myself?Ĭlick on the microphone to start recording. I saved the best for last! Under the “Tools” menu you will find “Voice Typing”.Ĭlick on the arrow next to the language and select “Español”. Tip #3: Practice Spanish accents with Voice Typing

Simply click on an accent or special character when you need it and it will be inserted into your document next to the cursor. You now have access to all of the accents and special characters that you will need to quickly compose a Google Doc in Spanish. Notice all of the languages that are available!

Once Easy Accents has been added, go back to the “Add-ons” menu and select it and then select “Easy Accents – Start”Ĭhoose your language – Spanish.

Search for “Easy Accents” or you can simply click on the link above.

Go to the “Add-ons” menu and select “Get add-ons…”.

The Google Doc add-on Easy Accents does the trick quite well. Students (and teachers) also need an easy way to add accents and special characters to their Spanish documents. Tip #2: Adding Accents and Special Characters Students can right-click on the underlined words to correct them. Notice how the spell checker recognizes the Spanish words that require accents or that are misspelled. The second Google Doc shown below has “Español” selected. The first Google Doc shown below has “English (United States)” selected. Go to “File” > “Language” and select “Español”. Tip #1: Change the language of your Google Doc to Spanish Using an on-screen keyboard? To add accent marks or other special characters using the on-screen keyboard rather than a physical keyboard, see Related articles.Using Google Docs in your Spanish class can be frustrating since you need easy access to all the accents and special characters (¿, ¡) that you don’t have readily available on a typical keyboard. International keyboard has the following accent marks: Acute (é)

Choose the languages you want to use for spell check.

In the "Languages and input" section, select Spell check.

Note: You can also switch your language by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Space until you see the language you want.

Choose the keyboard language you want to use.

If you have more than one keyboard language turned on, you'll see the language you're using next to the time in the bottom right corner.

Optional: To see all your keyboard language options on your desktop, turn on Show input options in the shelf.

You'll see "Enabled" listed under the current keyboard.

Select the keyboard language you want to use.

Check the boxes next to the keyboard languages you'd like to use.

In the "Languages and input" section, select Input method Manage input methods.Optional: To add another keyboard language, select Language Add languages.