I Will Teach You A Language | Weekly Motivation And Language Learning Tips To Help You Become Fluent In Any Language

In this episode, Olly discusses whether you should use translations when reading. In Today's Episode: Should you use translations when reading? Translation is inevitable (in your head) Translations can be useful Activities relying on translation can be powerful But you always need to think about the point of the activity and what you’re trying to achieve Translation can be useful to help you: Get a piece of important information (e.g. official document) Understand a difficult piece of text (above your level, e.g. many parallel texts) Translation as an activity can be useful to: Practise expressing tricky concepts from L1 (e.g. reverse translation) Translation can be damaging for: Aiming for immersion (e.g. extensive reading/listening) Focusing on fluency Improving ability to cope with and operate in the language Why I chose not to include translations in Grammar Hero Start Speaking Today: I’d like to thank italki for supporting the show. To claim your free lesson and start speaking today, visit: http