For non-native English speakers: Do you prefer studying programming with lessons in english or in your mother language?

Question

Since SoloLearn does not offer lessons in foreign languages. Do you study programming in your mother language for better understanding or do you feel more comfortable with english since we end up coding in english?

Answer 1

Certainly in English. ̶T̶h̶a̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶m̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ ̶l̶i̶e̶

Ahem, I mean, it's understandable to learn programming languages which were written in English, in English. I also feel more comfortable that way. It's crucial if you want to participate in online discussions with other programmers regarding a piece of code.

Answer 2

@Kamil Using an online slashed text generator

Answer 3

I am a non-native English speaker and I prefer to learn programming in English not only because the coding has to be done in English but also most software developer jobs require a good communication skill in English and also most documentation for external libraries and frameworks are also in English. So while learning to code in English, I get to become better at understanding the English language as well. So I personally prefer it.

Answer 4

@Hatsy Rei how do you delete text in a post?

Answer 5

English for me too. It seems a lot more natural to code in english since the programming languages are in english, most of the world understands it and putting comments in english is a lot more concise.

Answer 6

@Hatsy Oh thanks!

Answer 7

@Ahmed Shah Malik: Yes, it did. Thanks for your answer!

It seems like most sololearners are 80% - 100% bilingual and therefore feel a lot comfortable with English.

I was curious to know more about this community because I've seen some questions in the Quiz Factory with a terrible english and I was wondering if they were able to understand the lessons provided in here.

I also have friends who don't speak english but are great programmers, they tell me they don't know the meaning of english words but they do understand the concept behind it and what that word does. That's how they do it. I couldn't imagine myself writing code in chinese without knowing the meaning haha 😄 but somehow they manage to do so and I'm amazed by that 😊

Answer 8

@Luca Garrera hahah I felt identified #MasterOfSpanglish saludos a Argentina :)

Answer 9

English.
it is not just international language but also the only language used in almost all programming language.

Answer 10

In English because most of the resource are written in English .........==#

Answer 11

I prefer to learn coding in English not Polish, although it is of no greater matter to me. It might happen though that some terminology is not that obvious when switching to your local language suddenly :)
Especially data typology, operators and logic since it is highly influenced by math terms - well developed in Polish, for example.

Answer 12

yea. probably wouldnt help much to learn in a different language, as these languages are written in english

Answer 13

Of course English. coz no one learns by birth. the only difference is you speak in mother tongue at home and English at institution. infact you definitely read write English more than your mother tongue. I hope this answer satisfies your question. :))

Answer 14

I prefer in English.

Answer 15

I prefer to learn in english too, since there is often more material to chose from, most stackoverflow are in english, etc. When talk with my project partners I even say things like "pulleá" instead of "jalá" (when I want to tell my partners to pull from my branch) :p