This article is truly interesting because it deals with the future of teaching languages. In our modern society, languages are very important, but sometimes we don’t have much time to study them, and then is when technology becomes so useful. Nowadays, we can study from home, without spending time on journeys. However, we think that it’s always better the presence of a teacher, because it’s him who will guide and motivate you. That’s why trainers exist in the world of sport. Next, we want to comment some points of the article that have been discussed in the forum.
The first discussion is about translating when the student doesn’t understand something. Well, when a student has a doubt or difficulties to understand or do something, the teacher should really help him. That is, sometimes, the teacher doesn’t understand well what the student is asking, and he answers him a different thing of what the student has asked. So, good communication is basic. That’s why we think it’s a good idea using the L1 for clarifying, because the best thing that it could happen in that situation is that the student resolves his problem. The teacher has the rest of the class to use L2.
The article says that sometimes online communication could be better than a face to face talk. Maybe this is related with the fact that we can remember better things when we write them down. Moreover, it’s a perfect opportunity to put oneself in contact with people all over the world and, so, with other cultures. However, a face to face talk gives you a lot of more information while listening to the tone and watching the gestures... it’s what we call nonverbal communication. By contrast, when you are chatting on the web, sometimes, you don’t understand completely the sense of some words.
As others have said, we think that both ways of learning languages have their pros and cons, and the best it would be to combine them, always trying to take the most advantage of their good points.
Gerard,Chiara & Laura.
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