<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:40:13 +1000</span><br><div>> From: quozl@laptop.org<br>> To: sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org<br>> Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar Digest 2012-09-18<br>> <br>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 02:08:03AM -0300, Gonzalo Odiard wrote:<br>> > I agree with you when you say, to teach programming, add the need to<br>> > learn a foreign language to the fact of learning the programming<br>> > language, does not have too much sense.<br>> <br>> I couldn't read what Flavio said, but I agree that having to learn a<br>> foreign language before learning programming does increase the cost of<br>> learning considerably, to the point that the learning may not occur.<br>> <br>> This is one of the reasons why some learning areas are difficult. But<br>> knowledge of the implementation language can assist greatly.<br>> <br>> Know Latin, can learn medicine terminology more quickly.<br>> <br>> Know Italian, can learn opera or music terminology more quickly.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Know English, can learn programming more quickly.</div><div><br>> <br>> -- <br>> James Cameron<br>> http://quozl.linux.org.au/<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Sugar-devel mailing list<br>> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org<br>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel<br></div> </div></body> </html>