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2009-07-01

¿Duermes mucho Tony? Interpersonal and Transactional Uses of L1 in the Foreign-Language Classroom

¿Duermes mucho Tony? Usos interpersonales y transaccionales de la lengua materna en el aula de clase de lengua extranjera

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First language, critical pedagogy, phatic communion (en)
Lengua materna, pedagogía crítica, comunión fática (es)

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Whilst communicative teaching approaches sanction, often grudgingly, the limited use of the students' first language (L1) in English Language Teaching (ELT), critical debate is now centred on a much more substantial and energetic role for the use of mother tongue in the language classroom. Justifications favouring the use of L1 currently range from ideological arguments to classroom teaching considerations. This paper contributes to this ongoing debate by examining how new generations of language teachers in Mexico are using the students' mother tongue, Spanish, not only as a pedagogical tool but to develop and reinforce interpersonal relationships in the language classroom in order to enhance the learning of English.

Mientras que los métodos comunicativos de enseñanza autorizan, muchas veces con poco entusiasmo, el uso de la lengua materna de los estudiantes de inglés (EI), un gran debate propone un papel más sustancial y activo para el uso del español en el salón de clases. Actualmente, los argumentos que se muestran a favor del uso de la lengua materna parten desde motivos ideológicos hasta factores pedagógicos en la enseñanza en el salón de aprendizaje de idiomas. Este artículo contribuye al debate examinando cómo las nuevas generaciones de profesores de inglés en México utilizan la lengua materna de sus estudiantes, el español, no sólo como una herramienta pedagógica sino para desarrollar y reforzar las relaciones interpersonales en el salón de idiomas, de forma que el aprendizaje del inglés se vea favorecido.

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¿Duermes mucho Tony? Interpersonal and Transactional Uses of L1 in the Foreign-Language Classroom. (2009). Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 11(2), 43-54. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11441