Reading list for MA TESOL class, University of Nottingham

1. MA TESOL ‘Current Issues in TESOL’ Module 2010-11<br />To what extent should we use L1 in the L2 classroom?<br />References (useful starting points in bold)<br />Atkinson, D. 1987. The mother tongue in the classroom: a neglected resource? ELT Journal 41(4): 241-247.<br />Brooks-Lewis, K.A. 2009. Adult learners’ perceptions of the incorporation of their L1 in foreign language teaching and learning. Applied Linguistics 30(2): 216-235.<br />Butzkamm, W. 2003. We only learn language once. The role of the mother tongue: death of a dogma. Language Learning Journal 28(1): 29-39.<br />Carless, D. 2008. Student use of the mother tongue in the task-based classroom. ELT Journal 62(4): 331-338. <br />Cook, V. 2001. Using the first language in the classroom. Canadian Modern Language Review 57(3): 402-423.<br />Cook, V. 2008. (4th ed) Second Language Learning and Language Teaching. London: Hodder Education. [Section 10.3]<br />Edstrom, E. 2006. L1 use in the L2 classroom: one teacher’s self-evaluation. Canadian Modern Language Review 63(2): 275-292.<br />Harbord, J. 1992. The use of the mother tongue in the classroom. ELT Journal 46(4): 350-355. <br />Harmer, J. (4th ed) 2007. The Practice of English Language Teaching. Harlow: Longman [Chapter 7, section D]<br />Kim, S.H.O. & Elder, C. 2005. Language choices and pedagogic functions in the foreign language classroom: a cross-linguistic functional analysis of teacher talk. Language Teaching Research 9(4): 335-380.<br />Littlewood, W. & Yu, B. 2011. First language and target language in the foreign language classroom. Language Teaching 44(1): 64-77.<br />Liu, D., Ahn, G-S., Baek, K-S. & Han, N-O. 2004. South Korean High School English teachers’ code switching: questions and challenges in the drive for maximal use of English in teaching. TESOL Quarterly 38(4): 605-638.<br />McDonough, J. 2002. The teacher as language learner: worlds of difference? ELT Journal 56(4): 404-411.<br />Polio, C.G. & Duff, P.A. 1994. Teachers’ language use in university foreign language classrooms: a qualitative analysis of English and target language alternation. Modern Language Journal 78(3): 313-326.<br />Swain, M. & Lapkin, S. 2000: Task-based second language learning: the uses of the first language. Language Teaching Research 4(3): 251-274.<br />Turnbull, M. and Arnett, K. 2002. Teachers’ uses of the target and first languages in second and foreign languages classrooms. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 22: 204-218.<br />Widdowson, H.G. 2003. Defining Issues in English Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Chapter 11]<br />Further Reading<br />Atkinson, D. 1993. Teaching Monolingual Classes: Using L1 in the Classroom. London: Longman.<br />Auerbach, E. 1993. Reexamining English only in the ESL classroom. TESOL Quarterly 27(1): 9-32.<br />Auerbach, E. 1994. Author’s response to Polio, C. Comments on Elsa Roberts Auerbach’s “Reexamining English only in the ESL classroom” – a reader reacts. TESOL Quarterly 28(1): 157-61.<br />Bradley, C.J. 2003. A diglot-weave experience with EFL university students. Humanising Language Teaching 5(1). http://www.hltmag.co.uk/jan03/mart3.htm. Accessed: 7 February 2011.<br />Eldridge, J. 1996. Code-switching in a Turkish secondary school. ELT Journal 50(4): 303–311.<br />Mattioli, G. 2004. On native language intrusions and making do with words: linguistically homogeneous classrooms and native language use. English Teaching Forum 42(4). http://eca.state.gov/forum/vols/vol42/no4/p20.htm. Accessed: 7 February 2011.<br />Owen, D. 2003. Where’s the treason in translation? Humanising Language Teaching 5(1). http://www.hltmag.co.uk/jan03/mart1.htm. Accessed: 7 February 2011.<br />Polio, C. 1994. Comments on Elsa Roberts Auerbach’s “Reexamining English only in the ESL classroom” – a reader reacts. TESOL Quarterly 28(1): 153-7.<br />Turnbull, M. 2001. There is a role for the L1 in second and foreign language teaching, but… Canadian Modern Language Review 57(4): 531 -540.<br />Ideas for Teaching<br />Clanfield, L. & Foord, D. 2003. Using L1 in the classroom. http://www.hltmag.co.uk/jan03/mart2.htm. Humanising Language Teaching 5(1). Accessed: 7 February 2011.<br />Deller, S. & Rinvolucri, M. 2002. Using the Mother Tongue: making the most of the learner’s language. Peaslake: Delta Publishing.<br />Kaye, P. 2009. Translation activities in the language classroom. Teaching English. British Council/BBC. http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/print/4726. Accessed: 7 February 2011.<br />Prodromou, L. 2002. From mother tongue to other tongue. Teaching English. British Council/BBC. http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/print/417. Accessed: 7 February 2011.<br />Discussions in Teacher Forums<br />For secondary school teachers only (sorry). 2008. Teaching English. British Council/BBC. http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/forum-topic/secondary-school-teachers-only-sorry. Accessed: 7 February 2011.<br />Using L1 in the ESL classroom. 2009. Teaching English. British Council/BBC. http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/forum-topic/using-l1-esl-classroom. Accessed: 7 February 2011. <br />