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Vip Posted 22 years ago
Teaching

Teaching Vocabulary

Is it good to teach voc. through giving the translation of the word directly into the students mother tongue ?

Is there any more ideas ?

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Hi vip, I´ve always been said that giving the exact translation is only useful when there is no other way of explaining the word, or when the pupil has problems understanding the description of what the word means... It will also help them when they don´t remember that specific word. Regards

— Reme

  • Hi vip, I´ve always been said that giving the exact translation is only useful when there is no other way of explaining the word, or when the pupil has problems understanding the description of what the word means...
  • It will also help them when they don´t remember that specific word.
  • Regards
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Hi vip,

I´ve always been said that giving the exact translation is only useful when there is no other way of explaining the word, or when the pupil has problems understanding the description of what the word means... It will also help them when they don´t remember that specific word.

Regards
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I agree with Reme: it's more useful if you give them the definition of the word and an example to clarify the meaning, only when the students' level is high enough to understand what you are trying to explain to them. Of course, this is not useful for children or beginners levels, where I found that they can be frustrated when they don't understand a word of the definition. But, little by little,
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