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Gabrielatos, C. (2001). L1 use in ELT: Not a skeleton, but a bone of
contention. A response to Prodromou. Bridges
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Gabrielatos, C. (2001). L1 use in ELT: Not a skeleton, but a bone of
contention. A response to Prodromou. TESOL
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These are two
slightly different responses to two different versions of Luke Prodromou’s
article ‘From mother tongue to other tongue’ published
in Bridges 5, January 2001 (click on
the icon to read the article), and TESOL
Greece Newsletter, 67, September 2000 (not available online). |
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Abstract The use of L1 in foreign language
teaching has been a bone of contention for over two centuries. Unfortunately,
the arguments raised for and against its use seem to have been politically
motivated, have made no effective use of learning context, and have failed to
use relevant frameworks in linguistics and applied linguistics. |
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Key words L1,
mother tongue, first language, interlanguage, appropriation, English language
teaching, EFL, ELT, TESOL, language teaching methodology, linguistics,
applied linguistics. |
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Related articles by the
same author |
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Gabrielatos,
C. (2003). How much is that methodology in the window? ESL MiniConference, February 2003. |
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Gabrielatos, C. (2002). Shopping at
the ELT supermarket: Principled decisions and practices. ERIC, ED478747. |
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Gabrielatos, C. (1998). Translation
impossibilities: Problems and opportunities for TEFL. TESOL Greece Newsletter 60, 21-24. |
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