First of all, do students even know what verbs are? As a French teacher, I often find myself explaining the concept of verb conjugation in English first! Anyone else in that boat? I mean...students do this in their own language automatically, right? So, when teaching French (or any language!), I think it's valuable to make the connection. But, that leaves us the task of how to make this automatic in our French classes, Spanish classes, etc. I remember my French students HATING to learn French