I enjoy teaching English

[meylenlau]

Originally Posted by Tdol

What's the URL?

What is URL?
It is the address of a website, I don't know the full name but this is an example of URL= http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/newreply.php

[meylenlau]

Originally Posted by Harry Smith

To have a good dictionary is very important because very often I myself know what the word means but I can't translate it into Russian. On the one hand I'm like a native speaker but on the other hand they want to know the translation.

That is the problem in second/ third language learning, as the learners tend to
practise translation method, they’ll always keen to know what’s the meaning of a new word in their mother tongue, it becomes a formation of habit gradually, resulting the habit of translation always occurs in their mind when communicating with others. This is an inhibition, it’ll definitely slow down the process of interacting, the flow of language will be interrupted by the process of translating in the speaker’s mind. What’s your view?
That’s why some teaching approaches oppose/ reject the translation method. They postulate the direct method instead,without using mother tongue to explain or teach. They see the learning process of the second /third language should be like first language acquisition( mother tongue).
In the process of acquiring our mother tongue/native language, definitely no other language that need to be used for translation , right? and everybody seems to master it well without any problems, so why should we use translation method to learn the second language?

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by meylenlau

That is the problem in second/ third language learning, as the learners tend to
practise translation method, they’ll always keen to know what’s the meaning of a new word in their mother tongue, it becomes a formation of habit gradually, resulting the habit of translation always occurs in their mind when communicating with others. This is an inhibition, it’ll definitely slow down the process of interacting, the flow of language will be interrupted by the process of translating in the speaker’s mind. What’s your view?
That’s why some teaching approaches oppose/ reject the translation method. They postulate the direct method instead,without using mother tongue to explain or teach. They see the learning process of the second /third language should be like first language acquisition( mother tongue).
In the process of acquiring our mother tongue/native language, definitely no other language that need to be used for translation , right? and everybody seems to master it well without any problems, so why should we use translation method to learn the second language?

I don't use the translation method very often but I think we can't teach without it. It's not the basic method of teaching foreign languages. I'm trying to explain the words in English of course.

[meylenlau]

Originally Posted by Harry Smith

I don't use the translation method very often but I think we can't teach without it. It's not the basic method of teaching foreign languages. I'm trying to explain the words in English of course.

Don’t worry, as teachers , we always refer to other researchers’ research outcomes , educational theories, methods, techniques, approaches and so forth .We browse , search, read ,listen, think..get others to discuss.. present our own view....and ......as we have our own brains too, which are capable of evaluating and making critical judgments of those resources….and finally back to our own classroom and make our own decisions.
Yes, the reality is right in front us, we have to make up our own strategies, adopt and adapt them to suit and cater for our pupils’ needs , right?
Hence , we also have to look at the positive side of the translation method, it can save time and also energy, very practical and convenient. Frankly, it’s very suitable for nowadays world, which needs direct, fast information and without any delay to get the meaning across. That is the main reason why the translation method is widely and much welcome by SL learners.Thus,using translation method is inevitable, me too.When there is a demand for sure there'll be a supply.

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by meylenlau

Don’t worry, as teachers , we always refer to other researchers’ research outcomes , educational theories, methods, techniques, approaches and so forth .We browse , search, read ,listen, think..get others to discuss.. present our own view....and ......as we have our own brains too, which are capable of evaluating and making critical judgments of those resources….and finally back to our own classroom and make our own decisions.
Yes, the reality is right in front us, we have to make up our own strategies, adopt and adapt them to suit and cater for our pupils’ needs , right?
Hence , we also have to look at the positive side of the translation method, it can save time and also energy, very practical and convenient. Frankly, it’s very suitable for nowadays world, which needs direct, fast information and without any delay to get the meaning across. That is the main reason why the translation method is widely and much welcome by SL learners.Thus,using translation method is inevitable, me too.When there is a demand for sure there'll be a supply.

Yes, I fully share your ideas. As to translation method, it's sometimes better to translate the word than give the explanation which is near to it. The only problem of translation method is that learners start making sentences in their mind in one language and then translate them.

[Tdol]

Translation is a tool, but, like any tool, it has its limitations.

[SERKANYT]

if you teach me english I'll be very happy
please help me about learning English

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by Tdol

Translation is a tool, but, like any tool, it has its limitations.

It's a pleasure when I hear my students speak English fluently without any translation in their mind. Also I'm happy to hear them speak correctly translating some words in their mind. I always praise them when they speak English. It doesn't matter how many mistakes they make. It's very important for me to make them speak.

[Harry Smith]

Yerterday one of my students made a project. He came to school earlier than his friends and prepared the classroom. He hang some pictures on the blackboard. The project was devoted to "The Beatles". I was so happy that he was going to speak about my favourite band. I remembered my young days for a while. The most interesting was,when we were listening to the song "Imagine", all of them were singing too. I really enjoyed that lesson and will never forget it.

[Harry Smith]

Do you enjoy teaching English or you do it because you have to?