Making Kidlink Available

Educational Programs Motivating Children To Learn

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Many children say school lacks meaning and relevance. Teachers counter by using Kidlink to bridge students' lives and instructional goals. Most teachers insist on using their own language, so translation is key.

Contents to translate

1. Student self-presentations and personal goal setting
   Includes: Self-presentation examples. Form. Pedagogical uses. Curriculum. Life-skills training. Teacher training.

2. Deeper knowledge of self, own and other students' goals
   Includes: Who-Am-I?. Life-skills training. Curriculum. Teacher training.

3. To teachers about methods, approach, and infrastructure

4. To educational authorities

Translation progress differs substantially by language

Language	Progress	Comments
Chinese	Substantial	Many outdated translations. Substantial: FAQs. About 40% of Who-am-I? remains.
Spanish	Substantial	Many outdated translations. Much missing in Life-skills. Who-am-I? curriculum remains.
Arabic	Substantial	Updates needed. Much missing in Life-skills.
Portuguese	Substantial	Many outdated translations. Missing: Life-skills. FAQs. Registration workshop. About 60% of Who-am-I? remains.
Russian	Some	Most educational contents missing.
Vietnamese	Some	Most educational contents missing.
Korean	Some	Most educational contents missing.
Norwegian	Substantial	Several outdated translations. Missing: Life-skills. FAQs. About 20% of Who-am-I? remains.

Detailed progress reports by area/language (select language at bottom of pages): Introduction. Life skills, FAQs, Registration workshop, Who-am-I?: module 1, module 2, module 3, module 4, module 5, module 6, workshop, resources, parents

Progress reports for other languages

Translating Kidlink's educational contents

Our web page structure is basically simple. It is usually easy to translate pages by overwriting the English language source. (Process overview).

How to sponsor translations?

Contact: Odd de Presno and ask what it will take to translate into a desired language.