Attitudes to the Use of L1 and Translation in Second Language Teaching and Learning (Part 2)

Abstract

This paper reports on the qualitative research carried out on own-language use and particularly translation, previously summarised in an earlier article together with discussion of the quantitative findings and conclusions. A number of ‘mini’ case histories are presented based on face-to-face interviews with teachers together with verbatim respondent comments and opinions. The data illustrate the wide variation in individual views which are often not apparent from quantitative data.