Beliefs about L1 Use in Teaching English: A Comparative Study of Polish and Spanish Teacher-Trainees

Autor/inn/en	Wach, Aleksandra; Monroy, Fuensanta
Titel	Beliefs about L1 Use in Teaching English: A Comparative Study of Polish and Spanish Teacher-Trainees
Quelle	In: Language Teaching Research, 24 (2020) 6, S.855-873 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wach, Aleksandra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-1688
DOI	10.1177/1362168819830422
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Beliefs; Native Language; Preservice Teachers; Foreign Countries; Comparative Education; Language Usage; Classroom Communication; Language Teachers; Cultural Differences; Individual Differences; Teaching Experience; Poland; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Belief; Glaube; Ausland; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Sprachgebrauch; Klassengespräch; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Kultureller Unterschied; Individueller Unterschied; Polen; Spanien
Abstract	The study investigated the beliefs expressed by a sample of 206 Polish and Spanish teacher-trainees about the use of learners' native language (L1) in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). Quantitative and qualitative data from a questionnaire revealed considerable differences between the two nationality groups in their beliefs about both medium-oriented and framework-oriented functions of the L1 in an L2 classroom. Moreover, significant differences were found in the participants' accounts of their prior EFL learning experience in terms of the L1-L2 proportion in teachers' classroom language use. A possible interpretation of these findings relates trainees' beliefs to the L2 educational cultures prevalent in different countries, pointing to a contextually-mediated complexity of teacher-trainees' belief systems. The study adds to the existing research on the issues underlying L1 use in L2 teaching that are currently under debate by offering a cross-national comparison of teacher-trainees' beliefs about the place of the L1 in L2 instruction. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01