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Interdisciplinary Behavior and Social Sciences
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Interdisciplinary Behavior and Social Sciences

by Ford Lumban Gaol
February 2015
Beginner content levelBeginner
92 pages
24h 44m
English
CRC Press
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Interdisciplinar y Behavior and Social Sciences Lumban Gaol (Ed.)
© 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-02735-0
Use of L1 in English language teaching classroom in Malaysian
schools: A case study
Mohd Sofi Ali, Muhammad Azhar Zailani, Abdul Jalil Othman & Pradip Kumar Mishra
Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia
ABSTRACT: Many academics have arrived at a strong conviction that one’s mother tongue (L1) can be of a
great help in the field of second language teaching. Research shows that complete deletion of L1 in L2 situation
is not appropriate (Schweers, 1999; Brown, 2003; Cook, 2001). When used appropriately, the use of L1 can be
very beneficial. Brown (2000) claims that “first language can be a facilitating factor ...
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