Translation in language teaching and learning

It keeps students from learning how to think in the target language

• It keeps students from learning how to think in the target language
• Translation is a great skill to have, but it’s not the goal.
• The goal is to get students to the point where they are not just speaking the target language, but thinking in it too.
• Too much translation can get your students into the bad habit of translating from their native language every time they speak.
• For example, let’s say they see an image of a cat. If they are translating, they must go through several steps to be able to communicate what they see in the target language. First, they recognize what it is. Then, they must think of the word in their native language.

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