Here's a suggestion for presenting numbers in the native language,
especially in numbers lessons, such as the two Survival
Kit lessons for Module 8. Rather presenting the numbers
as full-text words in the native language (English in this
case), present them in numeral form. This way the learner has
the option to think only in the target language (French).
I found it more helpful when I heard the numbers by the French speakers to write the numbers, rather than think of them as English translations. Similarly, when I saw the numbers as numerals, it was more helpful to think of them only as French numbers, rather than as English numbers to be translated. This way I was thinking only in French -- no translating.
We've all been trained since our first years in school to read numbers as numerals rather than as full-text words; this is especially true for large numbers. Why then, should RF, in lessons on numbers, present the the native language as full-text rather than as numerals?
I found it more helpful when I heard the numbers by the French speakers to write the numbers, rather than think of them as English translations. Similarly, when I saw the numbers as numerals, it was more helpful to think of them only as French numbers, rather than as English numbers to be translated. This way I was thinking only in French -- no translating.
We've all been trained since our first years in school to read numbers as numerals rather than as full-text words; this is especially true for large numbers. Why then, should RF, in lessons on numbers, present the the native language as full-text rather than as numerals?
