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The role of the first language in foreign language learning

The role of the first language in foreign language learning

| June 30, 2003

Second language use in the foreign language classroom needs to be maximised wherever possible, by encouraging its use and by using it for classroom management. However, research shows that the first language has a small but important role to play in communicating meaning and content.

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ASIANEFL RESEARCH PROTOCOLS

ASIANEFL RESEARCH PROTOCOLS

| December 1, 2002

The search for ‘truth’ is pervading educational research. In particular, and limiting research to the EFL/ESL sphere, theories and research results abound proving and disproving and altering that truth. The field of research has been likened to the judicial adversarial system where results are argued over.

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