In this chapter researcher is going to review some concept, definition and related studies to mother tongue, code-switching, pre-school, and foreign language and research on using of mother tongue on children L2 acquisition, its advantages and disadvantage and also the situations that a teacher allowed to use of mother tongue.
2.1. Mother Tongue
Mother tongue is an integral part of human existence and tied him with stem cells. Mother tongue is a language we learned from mother, father and relatives. According to Nordguist (2017), mother tongue is a native language that human learned from birth; and linguists use term L1 to point to its. Now a days, mastering English is one of the most important needs in advanced societies; as the world progresses, it can no longer be said that learning …show more content…
Mother tongue is the greatest asset people bring to the task of FL learning.
The use of mother tongue, makes the friendly atmosphere in foreign language classes.
The use of mother tongue decreases learners' disappointment within they are learning a foreign language.
2.1.2. Disadvantages of using mother tongue in EFL classes
As a teacher it is important that the extreme use of the mother tongue should be avoided. Using mother tongue in foreign language teaching cannot be seen an easy way to achievement in the target language.
As believed by Tugrul Mart (2013, p. 12), too much uses of the mother tongue in English classes may have some disadvantages as follows:
1. Unless it has been translated into their native language teachers or students feel that the language items will not be understood.
2. The teacher and/or the students fail to observe distinctions between equivalence of form, semantic equivalence, and pragmatic features, and thus oversimplify to the point of using crude and inaccurate translation (Atkinson, 1987, p. 246).
3. Students will fail to realize the importance of the second
2.1. Mother Tongue
Mother tongue is an integral part of human existence and tied him with stem cells. Mother tongue is a language we learned from mother, father and relatives. According to Nordguist (2017), mother tongue is a native language that human learned from birth; and linguists use term L1 to point to its. Now a days, mastering English is one of the most important needs in advanced societies; as the world progresses, it can no longer be said that learning …show more content…
Mother tongue is the greatest asset people bring to the task of FL learning.
The use of mother tongue, makes the friendly atmosphere in foreign language classes.
The use of mother tongue decreases learners' disappointment within they are learning a foreign language.
2.1.2. Disadvantages of using mother tongue in EFL classes
As a teacher it is important that the extreme use of the mother tongue should be avoided. Using mother tongue in foreign language teaching cannot be seen an easy way to achievement in the target language.
As believed by Tugrul Mart (2013, p. 12), too much uses of the mother tongue in English classes may have some disadvantages as follows:
1. Unless it has been translated into their native language teachers or students feel that the language items will not be understood.
2. The teacher and/or the students fail to observe distinctions between equivalence of form, semantic equivalence, and pragmatic features, and thus oversimplify to the point of using crude and inaccurate translation (Atkinson, 1987, p. 246).
3. Students will fail to realize the importance of the second