USING MOTHER TONGUE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS
Keywords:
monolingual сlasses, monolingualism, elementary, intermediate, advanced learners, research, skepticismAbstract
Nowadays the problem of using the mother-tongue (L1) in the English language (L2) classroom is very complicated. This article offers some recommendations for using the L1 and its culture as a learning resource, as well as the findings of a study on students' opinions toward the usage of L1 in the classroom.
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