8 Myths About Using L1 in Your Classroom

I've lost count of how many language teachers I've met who say you should never use L1 in the classroom.

'You should never use L1 in the classroom' - countless teachers I've met agree.

They're wrong.

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‘L1’ is our students' first language, and there are (at least) eight myths about why using it in our lessons damages learning another language. I'm not blaming teachers for believing these myths, as many teacher training courses still preach that all L1 in the classroom is wrong. I was tr...