First Language Use in Second and Foreign Language Learning

By: Assoc. Prof. Miles Turnbull (Editor), Assoc. Prof. Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain (Editor)

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eBook | 24 August 2009 | Edition Number 1

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This volume offers fresh perspectives on a controversial issue in applied linguistics and language teaching by focusing on the use of the first language in communicative or immersion-type classrooms. It includes new work by both new and established scholars in educational scholarship, second language acquisition, and sociolinguistics, as well as in a variety of languages, countries, and educational contexts. Through its focus at the intersection of theory, practice, curriculum and policy, the book demands a reconceptualization of code-switching as something that both proficient and aspiring bilinguals do naturally, and as a practice that is inherently linked with bilingual code-switching.

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All in all, the book provides a wealth of information about the use of learners' first language in the second and foreign language classroom. I strongly recommend this book. It deserves a place on the shelf of second language teacher educators, curriculum developers and classroom language policy-makers alike.