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Download full textSchmidt, Ken – 1995
A discussion of the role of the Japanese language in the English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) classroom in Japan presents several arguments in favor of using Japanese, followed by some notes of caution and a call to teachers to reflect on their classroom language use. Arguments for using students' native language (L1) include these: in mixed level…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communication Apprehension
