International culture and Language Studies are an important part of a world-view homeschool (not to be confused with being worldly). In today's world-based society, understanding cultures from around the world is an important lifelong skill.
Google Translator -- Use this translator to convert to and from different languages with a simple cut and paste operation. This is a great tool for any child studying a foreign language when used in conjunction with foreign websites, or simply to check a child's own translation.
To exercise
your child's foreign language reading skills, you can have them look
up topics in the international Amazon sites below, then use the translator
to see if his own translation is correct! We have a lot of fun trying
to read the entries for different products, then seeing how well we
have done! Of course, the English Canada and U.K. sites are English-based,
but it is fun to see the differences in word usage.
You can also use these tools to look at and convert different world
currencies. A great currency conversion tool is the **Yahoo
Currency Converter. It is self-explanatory and very easy to use.