In recent years, the choice of the classroom language has been developed. It has been proposed that English as a TL should be used exclusively in order to facilitate the learners＇ progress in English language acquisi...In recent years, the choice of the classroom language has been developed. It has been proposed that English as a TL should be used exclusively in order to facilitate the learners＇ progress in English language acquisition. However it is unrealistic and undesirable to expect a generalist elementary school teacher to teach exclusively in English considering some settings which are shown in this paper. The paper concludes that both English and mother tongue can be used as CL.展开更多
文摘In recent years, the choice of the classroom language has been developed. It has been proposed that English as a TL should be used exclusively in order to facilitate the learners＇ progress in English language acquisition. However it is unrealistic and undesirable to expect a generalist elementary school teacher to teach exclusively in English considering some settings which are shown in this paper. The paper concludes that both English and mother tongue can be used as CL.
