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

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...

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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/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1516/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1516/1/sitihami.pdf

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spelling	ukm-15162016-12-14T06:29:41Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1516/ The use of first language in limited English proficiency classes: Good, bad or ugly? Siti Hamin Stapa, Abdul Hameed Abdul Majid, 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 investigate the effectiveness of the use of L1 to generate ideas for second language writing among low proficiency ESL learners. The study employed the experimental research design where students in the experimental group used Bahasa Melayu in generating ideas before they resumed writing their essays in English. Students in the control group used English. Two independent raters graded the essays and the scores were analysed using the paired t-test. The findings showed a marked improvement in the writing performance of students who used their first language to generate ideas before using their second language for writing. Based on the findings, we recommend that teachers encourage the use of first language before writing or composing in English especially among low-level proficiency ESL learners Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1516/1/sitihami.pdf Siti Hamin Stapa, and Abdul Hameed Abdul Majid, (2006) The use of first language in limited English proficiency classes: Good, bad or ugly? e-BANGI: Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, 1 (1). p. 12. ISSN 1823-884x http://www.ukm.my/e-bangi/
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description	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 investigate the effectiveness of the use of L1 to generate ideas for second language writing among low proficiency ESL learners. The study employed the experimental research design where students in the experimental group used Bahasa Melayu in generating ideas before they resumed writing their essays in English. Students in the control group used English. Two independent raters graded the essays and the scores were analysed using the paired t-test. The findings showed a marked improvement in the writing performance of students who used their first language to generate ideas before using their second language for writing. Based on the findings, we recommend that teachers encourage the use of first language before writing or composing in English especially among low-level proficiency ESL learners
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author	Siti Hamin Stapa, Abdul Hameed Abdul Majid,
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title	The use of first language in limited English proficiency classes: Good, bad or ugly?
title_short	The use of first language in limited English proficiency classes: Good, bad or ugly?
title_full	The use of first language in limited English proficiency classes: Good, bad or ugly?
title_fullStr	The use of first language in limited English proficiency classes: Good, bad or ugly?
title_full_unstemmed	The use of first language in limited English proficiency classes: Good, bad or ugly?
title_sort	use of first language in limited english proficiency classes: good, bad or ugly?
publisher	Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2006
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1516/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1516/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1516/1/sitihami.pdf
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The use of first language in limited English proficiency classes: Good, bad or ugly?

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