In spite of a monolingual norm in foreign language teaching during the last decades studies throughout the world show that teachers’ target language use varies significantly. This study sets out to examine to what extent the target language (TL) is used with young language learners and how this use correlates to teachers’ beliefs about foreign language teaching and first language (L1) inclusion. Moreover the paper discusses functions for L1 use and strategies used by teachers to support comprehension in the TL. Lesson observations and qualitative interviews were performed with four Swedish primary school class teachers. Despite the prevailing idea of exclusive TL use three of the four teachers do not subscribe to this approach and find L1 i...
There is very little focus in previous research on first language (L1) use by teachers in the upper ...
This study sets out to examine the teacher perspective of the use of Swedish and English during Engl...
Superdiversity has reached the EFL classroom and consequently language acquisition’s starting point ...
The aim of this paper is to investigate how the actual implementation of target language use might d...
The role of students’ first language (L1) in second and foreign language teaching has been an issue ...
In this empirical study, the aim is to investigate how and why teachers in five elementary classes i...
In the Swedish syllabus for English at the upper secondary level, it is explicitly mentioned that “E...
Resent research has demonstrated that age does not play as big a part in second language (L2) acquis...
A consistent use of the target language during English lessons is beneficial for pupils’ linguistic ...
Considering teacher talk as the main input into the English as a foreign language classroom, this st...
The use of learners' first language when teaching English as a second language (ESL) is a topic whic...
The aim of this article is to generate knowledge about language ideologies in teacher education in S...
This paper examines empirical studies regarding teachers’ and teacher-trainees’ perceptions toward t...
Many studies show that language learners see the benefits of using their first language in order to ...
Syftet med föreliggande studie är att fördjupa kunskapen om språkanvändning i 1–3-undervisningen i e...
There is very little focus in previous research on first language (L1) use by teachers in the upper ...
This study sets out to examine the teacher perspective of the use of Swedish and English during Engl...
Superdiversity has reached the EFL classroom and consequently language acquisition’s starting point ...
The aim of this paper is to investigate how the actual implementation of target language use might d...
The role of students’ first language (L1) in second and foreign language teaching has been an issue ...
In this empirical study, the aim is to investigate how and why teachers in five elementary classes i...
In the Swedish syllabus for English at the upper secondary level, it is explicitly mentioned that “E...
Resent research has demonstrated that age does not play as big a part in second language (L2) acquis...
A consistent use of the target language during English lessons is beneficial for pupils’ linguistic ...
Considering teacher talk as the main input into the English as a foreign language classroom, this st...
The use of learners' first language when teaching English as a second language (ESL) is a topic whic...
The aim of this article is to generate knowledge about language ideologies in teacher education in S...
This paper examines empirical studies regarding teachers’ and teacher-trainees’ perceptions toward t...
Many studies show that language learners see the benefits of using their first language in order to ...
Syftet med föreliggande studie är att fördjupa kunskapen om språkanvändning i 1–3-undervisningen i e...
There is very little focus in previous research on first language (L1) use by teachers in the upper ...
This study sets out to examine the teacher perspective of the use of Swedish and English during Engl...
Superdiversity has reached the EFL classroom and consequently language acquisition’s starting point ...