Abstract:

This study aims to identify the opinions of English teachers about the use of the native language in English courses. The use of native language in foreign language teaching has come to our day as a controversial topic in which many studies are carried out and often different opinions are promoted. The views of teachers, which are the main stakeholders of the teaching, on the subject have been considered important due to both their direct in teaching and their experience of learning a foreign language. A significant majority of teachers (61.7 percent) have expressed a surprising opinion that native language should be used in English classes. About when to use Anadilin, half of the participants have expressed their opinion that it should be used by the mother tongue in the teaching of language subjects in particular. For cases where Anadilin should not be used, the first place (3.5%) was speaking and listening activities. In the second place (17.6%) those who report opinions, even if the students don’t understand, have expressed their opinions that the mother tongue should never be used. The majority of teachers of English have the same views as literature and have the advantage of having a common language.

Abstract:

This study has aimed to examine the opinions of English language teachers about the use of mother tongue in foreign language classes. The use of mother tongue in teaching a foreign language has become a controversial topic for ages, and different opinions have been put forward. As main shareholders of education, the opinions of English language teachers about the use of mother tongue in language classes have been accepted important as they are both directly in teaching activities and have the experience of learning a foreign language. Surprisingly, an important number of the English language teachers (%61,7) stated that mother tongue should be used in foreign language classes. Half of the participants stated that mother tongue should be used especially while giving grammar rules. About when not to use mother tongue, %23 percent of the participants stated that during the speaking and listening activities mother tongue should not be used. Some of the participants (%17,6) stated that mother tongue never be used even when they did not understand anything. English language teachers that participated to the study stated similar opinions with the literature that the advantages of speaking the same mother tongue with the students should be used in English language teaching. 

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