LEARNING ENGLISH
Difference between learning and understanding
It’s
unfortunate that most of our teachers who are teaching English in their schools
are not well trained in teaching. Most of the time they speak in their mother tongue
in the classroom while teaching English. And if they are asked to speak in English
they will give an excuse that the students will not understand. In that way
they are not giving a single chance to their students to listen English in their
classroom.
In
fact we have to understand the difference between learning and understanding. Now,
what is learning? According to Cambridge dictionary; it is the knowledge or a
piece of information obtained by study or experience. In general sense it is
the ability to reproduce. When the teacher in the classroom is explaining any
passage to their students, they only understand it in their mother tongue. But,
are they really able to reproduce the whole thing in English? If not, then they
have not learnt anything. There is the difference between learning and
understanding.
Understanding
is only a non-permanent knowledge. Understanding should come from within,
without being translated in their mother tongue. If the student understands from
within, then he is able to learn the language also. And it is not as difficult
as we think. Mostly the students understand 80% of the facts without being
translated.
Let’s
try this simple experiment. Ask your student anything to tell you in Hindi. It may
be of cooking some recipe, their experience of visiting some place or any
function. Then translate the whole thing in Hindi. You will see that your
student has not only learnt new words but he has improved his language also.
So give your
student a chance to learn something.
Happy teaching!
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