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Learners' Use of First Language (Arabic) in Pair Work in an EFL Class
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Storch, Neomy; Aldosari, Ali – Language Teaching Research, 2010
One of the concerns foreign language teachers may have about using small group (and pair) work is that students will use their shared first language (L1) instead of the target language. This study investigated the effect of learner proficiency pairing and task type on the amount of L1 used by learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) in pair…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Acquisition, Semitic Languages