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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Explain why dictionaries and online translators are not good sources of help for assignments in a language course.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

My guess would be that they only teach you the words/definitions, but not the grammar.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Online translators obviously are detrimental to your learning of another language because they do not make you actively think in the other language.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I have a good example that my freshman Spanish teacher gave to me. Try translating Jingle Bells from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English. You'll see that the words look a tad different.

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