USING L1 IN THE CLASSROOM- MONOLINGUAL AND BILIGUAL APPROACHES
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Accepted
27 March 2026
Available Online
15 November 2015
Abstract
USING L1 IN THE CLASSROOM HAS GONE THROUGHT TWO DIFFERENT AND OPPOSSED PERSPECTIVES. THERE ARE THE VIEWS WHICH SEE THIS APPROACH AS SOMETHING FORBIDEN AS IT DISCOURAGES LEARNERS TO GAIN CONFIDENCE IN THEIR LANGUAGE USE AND IMPEDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE THOSE WHO CLAIM THAT L1 IN THE CLASSROOM CAN BRING MOSTLY BENEFITS RATHER THAN DRAWBACKS. THIS PAPER FOCUSES ON BOTH THE ANDVANTAGES AND DISADVATAGES OF THIS METHOD AND IT ALSO PROVIDES SOME PRACTICA L EXAMPLES OF SITUATIONS AND CLASS ACTIVITIES WHICH CAN LEAD TO A BALANCED CONSIDERATION OF THE TOPIC. THE CONCLUSIONS OF THIS PAPER CAN BE REACHED BY EACH TEACHER INDIVIDUALLY ACCORDING TO THE SITUATIONS HE ENCOUNTERS EVERY DAY IN HIS CLASSES.
Keywords
DIRECT METHOD
GRAMMAR METHOD
‘SANDWICHED’ INSTRUCTIONS
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