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This study examines whether the use of L1 can benefit language learning in L2 classroom activities.

December 1, 2003

Is There a Role for the Use of the L1 in an L2 Setting?

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This study examines whether the use of L1 can benefit language learning in L2 classroom activities.
Analysis of existing literature on L1 usage in L2 settings.
Evaluation of teachers' perspectives on group work and L1.
Teachers show reluctance to integrate group work due to fear of L1 usage.
Communicative approaches dominate language teaching, focusing on target language usage.

Abstract

Language learners are usually discouraged from using their shared L1 in L2 classroom activities. Brooks and Donato (1994) note that teachers are sometimes reluctant to use group work because they feel that students will use their L1 in group situations. A major motivation for this reluctance has been the widespread adoption of communicative approaches to language teaching in which classroom activities are designed to maximize learners' use of the target language.

Is There a Role for the Use of the L1 in an L2 Setting?

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