RESEARCH EXERCISE

THE USE OF L1

ARTICLES

• Reflections on native language use in adult ESL classroom.
• Using L1 in the L2 classroom.
• Overusing mother tongue in ELT

WHAT HAS BEEN SAID:

• L1 should be avoided
• Native language is a source of interference

WHAT HAS BEEN SAID

• There is NO evidence to support such a belief.

THE PROBLEM

• Interference of the mother tongue in
• Second language learners.

QUESTIONS ASKED

• What role does students' L1 have in foreign language instruction?
• Does the L1 interference on students' performance in L2?

THEORIES INCLUDED

• Affect in learning (Hudelson & Faltis, 1994)
• The nature of Bilingualism (Chin & Wigglesworth, 2007)
• Academic development (Ovando, Collier & Combs, 2006)

DATA COLLECTION & ANALYSIS

• Questionnaires
• Surveys
• Recordings

PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS

• Help students feel more confident
• Check comprehension
• Introduce new ideas
• Define new vocabulary items
• NO use in testing

QUESTIONS

• For what purposes should L1 be used in L2 classes?
• How frequently should L1 be used in L2 classes?
• What role does the students' mother tongue have in foreign language instruction?

DATA COLLECTION METHODS

• Interviews
• Recordings

SEARCHING FOR DATA

• Google
• Academic Google
• EBSCOhost

SEARCHING FOR DATA

• Mother tongue/L1/ native language
• Target language/L2
• ESL classroom

THEORIES INVOLVED

• Sociocultural approach:
• Using the L1 as a tool in learning L2

RESOURCES

• Human
• Video - recorder
• Transcripts

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