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The forbidden fruit: using the mother tongue in a Bogota university EFL programme

The current debate on the use of the mother tongue in the foreign language classroom has led to a wide array of literature being written onthe subject. While this can be enlightening, it can also cause confusion and anxiety among teachers when faced with the question of whetheror not it is acceptabl...

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Autor Principal: Fortune, Jill
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas 2012
Materias:
mother tongue
EFL
ESL
L2 teaching strategies
English-Only Rule
L1 prohibition
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11349/18071
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spelling ir-11349-180712019-09-19T21:23:33Z The forbidden fruit: using the mother tongue in a Bogota university EFL programme Fortune, Jill mother tongue EFL ESL L2 teaching strategies English-Only Rule L1 prohibition The current debate on the use of the mother tongue in the foreign language classroom has led to a wide array of literature being written onthe subject. While this can be enlightening, it can also cause confusion and anxiety among teachers when faced with the question of whetheror not it is acceptable to use the L1 in class. This paper analyses current perceptions and practices in terms of L1 use among teachers andstudents in the EFL and ESL settings, based on the hypothesis that the use of the L1 to some degree could be beneficial to EFL learners.Teacher and student activity and opinions are analysed through surveys and interviews before being compared and contrasted with classroomreality through live observation. The findings confirm that L1 use could indeed be beneficial to EFL learners, particularly at the lower levels oflanguage proficiency, but that teachers may need to revisit their reasons for using the L1, as well as their repertoire of pro-L2-use strategies. 2012-07-01 2019-09-19T21:23:33Z 2019-09-19T21:23:33Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares Peer-reviewes Article https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/3926 10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2012.2.a05 http://hdl.handle.net/11349/18071 eng https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/3926/5637 https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/3926/6131 application/pdf text/html Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas Colombian appl. linguist. J.; Vol 14, No 2 (2012) July-December; 70 - 87 Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal; Vol 14, No 2 (2012) July-December; 70 - 87 2248-7085 0123-4641
institution Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
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topic mother tongue
EFL
ESL
L2 teaching strategies
English-Only Rule
L1 prohibition
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EFL
ESL
L2 teaching strategies
English-Only Rule
L1 prohibition
Fortune, Jill
The forbidden fruit: using the mother tongue in a Bogota university EFL programme
description The current debate on the use of the mother tongue in the foreign language classroom has led to a wide array of literature being written onthe subject. While this can be enlightening, it can also cause confusion and anxiety among teachers when faced with the question of whetheror not it is acceptable to use the L1 in class. This paper analyses current perceptions and practices in terms of L1 use among teachers andstudents in the EFL and ESL settings, based on the hypothesis that the use of the L1 to some degree could be beneficial to EFL learners.Teacher and student activity and opinions are analysed through surveys and interviews before being compared and contrasted with classroomreality through live observation. The findings confirm that L1 use could indeed be beneficial to EFL learners, particularly at the lower levels oflanguage proficiency, but that teachers may need to revisit their reasons for using the L1, as well as their repertoire of pro-L2-use strategies.
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author Fortune, Jill
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title The forbidden fruit: using the mother tongue in a Bogota university EFL programme
title_short The forbidden fruit: using the mother tongue in a Bogota university EFL programme
title_full The forbidden fruit: using the mother tongue in a Bogota university EFL programme
title_fullStr The forbidden fruit: using the mother tongue in a Bogota university EFL programme
title_full_unstemmed The forbidden fruit: using the mother tongue in a Bogota university EFL programme
title_sort forbidden fruit: using the mother tongue in a bogota university efl programme
publisher Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/11349/18071
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