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It's going to be hard if you don't explain to someone who speaks Spanish that 10 PRINT "HOLA" is imprimir. You're not teaching conversational English (where I w
by mimixco 8y ago
It's going to be hard if you don't explain to someone who speaks Spanish that 10 PRINT "HOLA" is imprimir. You're not teaching conversational English (where I would totally agree with you). This is programming. The words used in statements should be immediately understood in one's native language. If they aren't, then translate them, I say.
BTW, Unity is a development environment that supports several programming languages -- three, I think. JavaScript is one of them. But Unity also has a lot of overhead in that you must understand 3D rendering, animation timelines, etc. I would not recommend sending a beginning programmer there.
What's the harm in helping students develop a simple web page with some kind of interactivity? That's useful, immediately gratifying, and doesn't require learning any additional frameworks or design tools.
- marak830 8y agoActually I do teach English, we have a core class for more traditional teaching then project courses where we use English in an active environment (programming, cooking etc). We looked into front end, and while a few students enjoyed it, the majority weren't interested enough. That's why we're looking into MakerBots and such to give them a more physical object to code.