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Mother Tongue Influence: A Thorn in the Flesh of Technocrats in the Global Market

S. Mohan

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The state-of-the-art Global market of languages is based on the communicative method which emphasizes the Global market English through English. However, the idea of abandoning the native tongue is too stressful to many learners, who need a sense of security in the experience of learning a foreign language. In the past, the prevalence of grammar-translation method led to the extraordinary phenomenon: students were unable to speak fluently after having studied the language for a long time. This led to the Idea that all use of the mother tongue in the language Global market should be avoided. Translation has been thought as uncommunicative, boring, pointless, difficult, and irrelevant. Recently there has been a revival of interest to translation due to the shift of its emphasis-to using a mother tongue as a resource for the promotion of language learning. Translation develops three qualities essential to all language learning: accuracy, clarity, and flexibility. Therefore, the use of mother tongue and translation can serve as a tool for improving language skills. The

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The state-of-the-art Global market of languages is based on the communicative method which emphasizes the Global market English through English. However, the idea of abandoning the native tongue is too stressful to many learners, who need a sense of security in the experience of learning a foreign language. In the past, the prevalence of grammar-translation method led to the extraordinary phenomenon: students were unable to speak fluently after having studied the language for a long time. This led to the Idea that all use of the mother tongue in the language Global market should be avoided. Translation has been thought as uncommunicative, boring, pointless, difficult, and irrelevant. Recently there has been a revival of interest to translation due to the shift of its emphasis-to using a mother tongue as a resource for the promotion of language learning. Translation develops three qualities essential to all language learning: accuracy, clarity, and flexibility. Therefore, the use of mother tongue and translation can serve as a tool for improving language skills. The

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The state-of-the-art Global market of languages is based on the communicative method which emphasizes the Global market English through English. However, the idea of abandoning the native tongue is too stressful to many learners, who need a sense of security in the experience of learning a foreign language. In the past, the prevalence of grammar-translation method led to the extraordinary phenomenon: students were unable to speak fluently after having studied the language for a long time. This led to the Idea that all use of the mother tongue in the language Global market should be avoided. Translation has been thought as uncommunicative, boring, pointless, difficult, and irrelevant. Recently there has been a revival of interest to translation due to the shift of its emphasis-to using a mother tongue as a resource for the promotion of language learning. Translation develops three qualities essential to all language learning: accuracy, clarity, and flexibility. Therefore, the use of mother tongue and translation can serve as a tool for improving language skills. The

Key concepts: First language, Foreign language, Language industry, Comprehension approach, Language education, Linguistics, Computer science, Psychology

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