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Techniques and methods in Language Teaching > Asking translation in exams
Asking translation in exams
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MapleLeaf
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In our school, the sts were bringing the dictionaries, but it wasn �t allowed to use them. I didn �t mind if it were an abstract difficult word to crack when no gestures, dancing, explanaitons, pictures would be effective. Whatever helps the sts learn the language, right? However, I prefer using only monolingaul dictionaries, since when I get translation from my native lanuage, it doesn �t sink in and I start talking Runglish. Just IMHO. I think it �s also individual. |
27 Mar 2011
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bienke
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I never ask for translations because I believe that a student has to learn to think in English. I ask them to write sentences with given words instead or I give them a situation and they have to react to it.
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27 Mar 2011
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chrissmolder
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Follow your instincts--you know your students. People may label translation as �traditional � and (therefore not useful ?) now, but in 20 years they �ll be touting it as the next best thing. Different things work for different students. Try everything! :-)
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27 Mar 2011
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joy2bill
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With my students I try to discourage them from translating as I believe that it slows them down and it is extremely difficult to become fluent until you start thinking ( and dreaming) in the target language. I would rather they were very poor with grammar to start with as long as they were speaking comfortably and without a lot of hesitation..
I learnt French, Japanese and Latin through translation methods and I regret that although I can read these I cannot speak them.
Too many expression just CANNOT be translated without destroying their very essence! |
27 Mar 2011
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