THE EFFECT OF TEACHER TALK IN EFL CLASSROOMS: THE NONUSE OR USE OF LEARNERS' L1 BY AN INSTRUCTOR
Keywords:
teacher talk, first language, EFL classrooms, listening comprehension skills, utterances, functions
Abstract
This study examines the effect of the variation of teacher talk on EFL learners' performance, especially the one related to listening comprehension skills, by chronologically observing a Japanese first language (L1) instructor's classrooms at a university.Downloads
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Chaudron, C. (1995). Teacher talk in second language classrooms: Second language classrooms. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Critchley, M. (1999). Bilingual support in English classes in Japan: A survey of student opinions of L1 used by foreign teachers. The Language Teacher, 23(9), 3-13.
Cole, S. (1998). The use of L1 in communicative English classrooms. The Language Teacher, 22(12), 11-13.
Greene, D., & Myojin, C. (1998). The use of learners’ L1 by EFL instruct-tors. Paper presented at AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics) Conference, Seattle, WA, USA.
______(1999). The use of Learners’ L1 by EFL instructors: Attitudinal surveys and case study. Paper presented at AILA 99 Conference, Tokyo, Japan.
Kumabe, N. (1998). Video ni yoru jugyou kenkyuu to kyoogi. [Research and discussion on English classes, showing a video of them] at Eigo Jugyo Kenkyu Gakkai. [English class research seminar], Tokyo.
Mochizuki, A. (1996). Watashi no Eigo Jugyo. [My English classes]. Tokyo: Taishuukan Publishing Company.
Ur, P. (1999). Teaching listening comprehension. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Weschler, R. (1997). Uses of Japanese (L1) in the English classroom: Introducing the functional -translation method. The Internet TESL Journal, 3(11). Retrieved June 15, 2005, from http://iteslj.org/ Articles/Weschler-UsingL1.html
Published
2007-10-01
How to Cite
Myojin, C. (2007). THE EFFECT OF TEACHER TALK IN EFL CLASSROOMS: THE NONUSE OR USE OF LEARNERS’ L1 BY AN INSTRUCTOR. K@ta, 9(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.9744/kata.9.1.1-18
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