Dictionaries and Translators

My reader of today has been written by an English teacher. She says that students shouldn't use dictionaries or translators, but although I understand that she doesn’t like people looking things up while she is explaining something, and I completely agree that is very disrespectful to check it in class instead of to asking, I understand students too. First of all, I can’t ask for every word I don’t know, that would be ruder than searching for it myself because I’d stop the class many times. Secondly, but no less important, in my own experience of studying myself, I need it! Because if I want to learn I need to know what words mean. Maybe she is right when says we mustn't overuse them, because if you learn naturally, trying understand everything from context you will learn faster, but it is very useful for me too, because if I couldn’t review writings with the translator I wouldn't understand important things to understand all the text. Anyway, as a student who watches TV or listens to the radio in English, I recommend these two tools to learn, you will do it without translators or dictionaries. Thanks for your article Ilene Springer.

Hello Vanessa,

I understand your desire to understand every word it is not always necessary. If you have access to the text then focus on listening while your teacher is talking. You can take notes of words you don't understand and check the meanings later. Try to work out the meanings from context, the same as  you probably do when reading in Spanish.

Don't shorten verbs in the negative, it is not natural although it is ok to shorten the negative particle to 'n't'!

Hope this helps

Bob

Dictionaries and Translators

My reader of today it have(has) been writted(n) by a(an) English teacher. She says (to) the students (that they) should (not) use dictionaries or translators, but although I understand she doesn’t like people look(ing) up while she is explain(ing) something, and I completely agree that (it) is very unrespectful to check it in class instead of to ask(ing) them, I understand students too. First of all, I can’t ask every word I don’t know, that would be more rude than to search for myself because I’d stop the class many times, second but not less important, in my own experience studying for myself, I need it! Because if I want to learn I need to know what words means(mean). Maybe she is right when says we (should not) overuse them, because if you learn naturally (to) try (to) understand everything for context you will learn faster, but (it) is very useful for me too, because if I couldn’t review writings with the translator I’d not understand important thinks to understand all text. Anyway, like a student who watch(es) TV or listens to radio in English, I recommend these two tools to learn, you will do it without translators or dictionaries. Thanks for your article Ilene Springer.

Dictionaries and Translators

My reader of today it has have been written writted by an English teacher. She says that the students should't don’t should use dictionaries or translators, but although I understand she doesn’t like people to look up words while she is explaining something, and I completely agree that it is very disrespectful unrespectfull to check it in class instead of asking to ask, I understand the students too. First of all, I can’t ask for every word I don’t know, that would be ruder more rude than to search it for myself because I’d stop the class many times. Secondly, but no not less important, in my own experience studying by for myself, I need it! Because if I want to learn I need to know what words means. Maybe she is right when says we don’t might overuse them, because if you learn naturally trying understand everything for from context you will learn faster, but it is very useful for me too, because if I couldn’t review writings with the translator I’d not understand important things thinks to understand all text. Anyway, like a student who watches TV or listening to the radio in English, I recommend these two tools to help you learn, you will do it without translators or dictionaries. Thanks for your article Ilene Springer.

¡Muy bien con su escritura! ¡Sigue avanzando!

Dictionaries and Translators

My reader of for today it have been was written by an English teacher. She says that students don’t shouldn't use dictionaries or translators, but although I understand she doesn’t like people to look up words while she is explaining something, and I completely agree that is very disrespectful to check it in class instead of to asking, I understand the students too. First of all, I can’t ask about every word I don’t know, that would be more ruder than to search for myself because I’d stop the class many times, second, but no less important, in my own experience studying for by myself, I need it! Because if I want to learn I need to know what words means. Maybe she is right when says we don’t might overuse them, because if one learns naturally, trying to understand everything for from context, one will learn faster, but it's very useful for me too, because if I can't review words with a translator I’d not understand important things to enable me to understand the whole text. Anyway, like a student who watches TV or listens to the radio in English, I recommend these two tools to help you learn, you will manage without translators or dictionaries. Thanks for your article Ilene Springer.

I hope you find my corrections helpful, Vanessa and I hope I entirely understood everything you were trying to say.

Regards,

James.