Teachers’ Perceptions Towards L1 Use In EFL Classroom The case of Secondary School Teachers at M’sila
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Date
2021-06
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UNIVERSITY OF MOHAMED BOUDIAF
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The present work investigated teachers' perceptions and practices towards L1use in EFL
classes. Hence, it investigated where, when and why do teachers of English use
monolingual approach. The research's objective is to discover whether the Arabic
interference in L2 classes has any positive or negative impact on learning English. A case
study research was conducted by different teachers' of English in the Wilaya of M'sila
depending on distinguished research instruments for data collection a questionnaire and
semi-structured interview done by the teachers. The data collected were analyzed
quantitatively and qualitatively. Therefore, the results revealed that positive perceptions
and practices are shown by the teachers of English concerning the use of L1 in the EFL
Classes. Moreover, it shades light on where teachers face difficulties throughout using L2,
this, teachers use L1 to ease the learning process. Besides, this work reveals that the use of
the mother tongue helps students to overcome anxiety and better understand the learning
points. At the end, some recommendations were gives to better use and integrate the L1 in
EFL content cautiously
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Keywords: English as a Foreign Language,Foreign Language ,Communicative Language Teaching.