The use of first language in limited English proficiency classes: Good, bad or ugly?

• Main Authors: Siti Hamin Stapa,, Abdul Hameed Abdul Majid,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1516/1/sitihami.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1516/; http://www.ukm.my/e-bangi/

There has been an ongoing debate among language teachers on whether to use students’ first language (L1) in second language (L2) teaching. Nevertheless, the use of L1 in L2 teaching has been advocated with grounded theory as far as it merits the situation. This research article aims to investigat...