What is it about?
This study examines the functions for which ELT instructors use learners' native language at an English Preparatory School of a private university in Turkey.
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Why is it important?
Despite school’s policy that forbade the use of native language teachers, the majority of teachers claimed that they used students' mother tongue for different purposes. On the other hand, teachers who favored the only-English policy expressed their dissatisfaction with the way the other teachers use L1 in their practice
Perspectives
The findings underscores the need for a revision in language policies of prep schools that endorse an exclusive use of English in language classes where students’ needs, motivation, proficiency levels, learning objectives, as well as classroom conditions vary.
Dr Hedayat Sarandi
Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim Universitesi
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This page is a summary of: The Use of Turkish in English Preparatory Schools: Where is the Balance?, The Anthropologist, July 2013, Kamla Raj Enterprises,
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2013.11891360.
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