Vip  +  49595 Fri, 08 Oct 04 11:27 PM Is it good to teach voc. through giving the translation of the word directly into the students mother tongue ? Is there any more ideas ? Thanks Vip Joined on Tue, Jun 1 2004 New Member 10 Translation

	Reme  +  52005 Mon, 25 Oct 04 07:39 PM 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 Joined on Mon, Sep 13 2004 Spain New Member 51 Rester, c'est exister: mais voyager, c'est vivre. Regards, Translation

	Novalee  +  52027 Mon, 25 Oct 04 11:36 PM 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, with easy or specific words in a context they start to understand your definitions. This is my opinion Novalee Joined on Fri, Jun 11 2004 Full Member 104