THE IMPORTANCE OF USING NATIVE LANGUAGE IN ENGLISH CLASSES

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Present article shows that the usage of mother tongue in learning second
foreign language classrooms has long been a controversy in the field of language
teaching. Understanding the background of the controversy, this paper tries to
review the treatment of a first language by leading language teaching methods.
Then, the review is focused on the results of current research on whether the use of
the first language hinders or assists second/foreign language acquisition.
Key words: native language, learning strategy, language teaching method