Do you think teaching English trough Tamil is a good idea?

[GD Vasdudevan]

Sir...I see a few language institutes are trying to popularise the method of teaching English through Tamil as the easy way. Is  it a right method and  is it possible to learn a language like this?

[smitha]

I also saw one or two  professors teaching English through Tamil on the  TV channels. Could they teach the right tone and meaning of words?English culture and ours are far different. I think it will be messy to teach English through Tamil.

[Ramanthan]

Nothing wrong as long as you can learn the language. What does it matter the end of the story is whether you have learnt another language.

[Admin]

Learning English through English immersion certainly has more advantages than learning it in Tamil. The child will pick up conversational ability faster. It is even better if English is taught by teachers with near-native efficiency so that pronunciation and accent are acceptable. Language is a cultural product each having its own unique features not easily adaptable through
another language. But for the adults some explanation through Tamil seems to help for better understanding of English.

[learnenglish]

This question has been a staple of language teachers and learners everywhere. The simple answer is: The  languge you think in is the best medium to teach any other language. If someone is going to learn the language by constant exposure to it, he does not need any teacher at all.
In the class room environs, however, it is the mother tongue/the language used in thought process that SHOULD be used to teach English. This is because, the student already knows the appropriate word for each thing or action and all the components of a sentence. For instance, he knows palm as Ullangai. The student always had identified  the palm as ullangai. For him to remember the word palm, he would always relate it to ullangai. This is how it would be with all NEW words which obviously would be in their thousands.

You have a limited time of 6 months or a year to teach reasonably good English. You can not keep concentrating on one word for hours together. It should be taught incidentally and you need to move on.

I have been teaching English independently, sans the burden of a syllabic boundary for 30 years. 1000s of my students speak perfect English (of course with a marked Tamil accent). Watch my 10 videos at youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uryl7T-QBUQ

Thank you

[bens2008]

I dont thinks that this is a good Idea. English Should be Taught using English. It needs Practice.

[Jackson]

well sir very intresting and also very ipnartomt to know about the geography the brief concept of geography in kannada from you shall bring awareness and its importence to every one not only to students and teachers.

[Rajeshkumar]

sir,

 I am in the U.S. for the past several years. I stuided English using Lifco Tamil dictionary and in Tamil medium. Even today, I am not confident to talk with my American friends because I get fear and I stammer or make big mistakes in conversation., Ialso happen to use the wrong words which make people laugh. For example when I first introduced myself to some new friends I told them " I am supposed to come from India."  Everyone laughed. I did not know why. It took a long time to understand my mistake. When they asked me whether I finished breakfast I said "yes...round rice bread" for describing idly.Why I am telling all these is because Tamil medium has completely killed my career prospects and social image. But the Tamil politicians have to make money to educate their children in expensive international schools. They need Tamil to emotionalise  our unthinking voters. They need Tamil to distract the mass.  One's mother tongue is the only weapon for Politicians to stay in power.