Effects of Students’ Beliefs about and Practices in L1 Use on Their Oral English Growth
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https://doi.org/10.20372/star.v13i1.15Keywords:
belief, practice, target language, utterance, Oromo, L1Abstract
The researchers in this descriptive case study set out to find out how students' beliefs and practises in their L1 affected their development of spoken English skills. The data was collected from 480 randomly selected pupils using a questionnaire and 12 classroom observations. Counts, records, and percentages were generated from the observation data, which included L1 and TL word utterances. The information gathered from the surveys was collated, counted, and then transformed into percentages and frequencies. Students' positive attitudes of using TL more frequently than L1 were revealed by the results. However, it was observed that the pupils used more L1 than TL words. Positive and negative effects of over-reliance on L1 in EFL classrooms were demonstrated by the results. In order to improve their oral English, students must not only have a positive mindset about the importance of employing the TL over the L1, but they must also put their thoughts into action.
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