Abstract
Using L1 in the English classroom has long been considered as an unforgivable wrongdoing. Many English teachers who use L1 in the classroom feel guilty about it and in many cases do not admit it. Recent researchers started to question the validity of this claim suggesting contexts and situations in which using L1 can be very helpful in ELT and refuting, on the other hand, the claims upon which the idea of using L2 solely were built. My paper will examine the attitudes of advanced English language learners toward using L1 in the class of English where the students and the teacher speak the same first language and will also examine the attitudes of a group of EFL and ESL teachers toward the same practice. The same questionnaire given to the students will be redesigned and given to a number of teachers so that the study will look at the viewpoints from both perspectives.
Highlights
1.1 Using L1 as a Taboo in ELTTeaching English as a foreign or second language has gone through many stages
The fact that the examined students are fluent in English and comfortable using it as a non-native language helps this paper find out whether using L1 is a major problem for them
36% of the teachers claim that their students will not understand the second language better if L1 is used in teaching them
Summary
1.1 Using L1 as a Taboo in ELTTeaching English as a foreign or second language has gone through many stages. Berlitz who started using L2 solely for teaching a second language was on a trip when he remembered that the teacher he had assigned to teach a foreign language did not speak the language of the learners. To his surprise when he returned from the trip, the learners were able to speak the target language. For the purpose of this investigation, I relied on specific students, most of whom had had experience with both Englishonly speaking teachers and teachers who switch between English and their mother tongue These students study / studied at the Little Village School where I used to teach. This shows that these teachers are well-qulified in teaching English
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