Selective Use of the Mother Tongue to Enhance Students' English Learning Processes…Beyond the Same Assumptions (Uso selectivo de la lengua materna para mejorar el proceso de aprendizaje del inglés de los estudiantes…Más allá de las mismas suposiciones)

Autor/in	Cuartas Alvarez, Luis Fernando
Titel	Selective Use of the Mother Tongue to Enhance Students' English Learning Processes…Beyond the Same Assumptions (Uso selectivo de la lengua materna para mejorar el proceso de aprendizaje del inglés de los estudiantes…Más allá de las mismas suposiciones)
Quelle	In: PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 16 (2014) 1, S.137-151 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1657-0790
Schlagwörter	Native Language; Teaching Methods; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Action Research; Learning Processes; Females; Single Sex Schools; Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; Questionnaires; Focus Groups; Language Role; Instructional Effectiveness; Learning Motivation; Affective Behavior; Language Usage; Spanish; Secondary School Students; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Structured Interviews; Semi Structured Interviews; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Projektforschung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Weibliches Geschlecht; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Fragebogen; Unterrichtserfolg; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Sprachgebrauch; Spanisch; Sekundarschüler; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Kolumbien
Abstract	This article reports the results of an action-research project that examines enhancing students' English learning processes through the selective use of their mother tongues with the aim of overcoming their reluctant attitudes toward learning English in the classroom. This study involves forty ninth-graders from an all-girls public school in Medellin, Colombia. The data gathered included field notes, questionnaires, and participants' focus group interviews. The findings show that the mother tongue plays an important role in students' English learning processes by fostering students' affective, motivational, cognitive, and attitudinal aspects. Thus, the mother tongue serves as the foothold for further advances in learning English when used selectively. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01