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Many of you many many of you have asked me the question
what do you think
about using my native language whatever your native language is while learning English
do I use it in the classroom or if I'm a teacher do I use the
the native language while teaching English
Now I'm just going to give you what I think  it's my thoughts, it's my opinion
and so therefore it's solely my opinion
I want to share with you how I learned the language of French
so even though I'm a native English speaker I do know how to speak a foreign language
what I want to do in this video is I wanna give you 2 schools of thought
and then ultimately you will make the decision
I will share what I believe worked best for me
what my thoughts are and my opinion
but ultimately you the learner have to make a decision that works best for you so
let's say your native language is Farsi, Arabic, Chinese, French whatever it is
and you are using while learning English
your're using your native language or if you happen to be a teacher your using that particular native language when your're teaching your students
there are some out there that believe
that hey if you do that it makes it easier for the learner to learn
so if you are learning the word door, house, incredible what some learners and some teachers are doing
is that they are using their native language and they are translating
from their native into English
some learners some teachers find that easier
and if I want to give my perspective
some of your learners you like that
your learning English and most of the time
your learning or going to class learning English
or being taught by teachers that are teaching English
in the class or their content material let's say
60 ..70 percent in your native language
and the rest is in English
that might be an advantage for some
are there any disadvantages to that
there might be
perhaps what your're doing consciously or subconsciously
is that you are using
translation to learn English
your thinking in your native language 1st
and then translating to English
and that might be your preferred method something
that you like but as you
become more confident more proficient in your language
that might be a disadvantage to you while learning English....why
because instead of thinking or trying to think naturally in English
you are programming your mind to first think in your native language
and then in English
but again that's one particular method
the other particular method that is used is
is that whether your learning English or your teaching English
is to be 100% immersed in that language
that if your're teaching English or even if you're studying English
then you are 100% in the English language
now that what are advantages or disadvantages to that
well
one possible advantage that I can think of
or maybe I can think of more than one advantage
if you are learning English and being immersed in it
even if your're a beginner then you are programming
your brain to think in English
yes you don't understand
what you can do is use a dictionary
a thesaurus
and try to look at the overall
whatever the word is
to get a meaning to get a definition
to see how that particular word is used in a sentence or
even a question
so you might necessarily know let's use an example
you might not necessarily know what the word
belligerent is or intelligent is
yet if you begin to look at the meaning of the word look at its associated synonyms
and those words whether it's smart or belligerent  is used in a sentence
your're beginning to think in English
and
for those teachers
that have said to me
well wait a minute
I know the native language of my students
you do
but here's a question that I want you teachers to think about
and if you students (learners)
if your're a teacher
and
it's an English class
is it necessary for you to know the native language of your student
let's say for example you have students in your class whether it's face to face
or your're teaching someone online
and your don't know your student's native language
is it possible that you can still teach them English
yes it is
how can you do that
through your body language
through pictures
through social media
so it can be an advantage for you to know the native language of your students but
yet if your students are coming to an English class
you have the opportunity to teach them in English 100% if you want by using
the aforementioned suggestions
and yes students
going or learning English
English to English at 1st might be difficult
particularly if your're a beginner
but the more your practice is the better you become at something
so you have these 2 particular ways of learning English
and even teaching English
1 method is to do translation
learning English in your native language and then from going to
your native language to English
and the other is
English only
what do you think ...what do I think are you asking me what I think
well for me ...when I learned French
I was not allowed to do any translation in class
and I was a beginner..I was a novice to the French language
there was no translation in my class
and when I had a question I used to ask  Mrs Cohen
well  what does this word mean
I don't understand could you
give me the word in English
and what did you say ...no seulement en Francais
only in French
and she used stories or paragraphs or pictures to help me use
and understand the word
so my method my approach is
of teaching is that
if your're a video
or if I have the opportunity and the honor to teach you
my preferred method is
100% in English
why ...because your're training your brain
to think in English and the more your do that
particularly when your're learning at the beginner level
it will reinforce good study habits
so that's my thought those are my opinions
if your learning English
I recommend that you learn 100% in English
that's my approach....that's my opinion
In the comment section
I want to know what you think because ultimately
you figure out
what works best for you
and perhaps you can do is
is that you can experiment
in the beginning for example
if your're just learning English sure...help yourself
use your native language as little as possible and then as you
become more comfortable
move ...migrate  to English
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