Teachers' Perspectives on the Use of Home Language in the Acquisition of Standard English
Teachers' Perspectives on the Use of Home Language in the Acquisition of Standard English
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教师对使用家庭语言习得标准英语的看法
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10.4018/978-1-7998-4075-6.ch011
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发表时间：
2021
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B. Thompson
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B. Thompson
本研究旨在调查巴巴迪亚小学教师在标准英语习得中使用母语的看法。为此，42名教师完成了问卷调查。数据显示，教师(87%)认为英语是声望、教育、商业和向上流动的语言。相反，教师(89%)同意在SE课堂上有HL的一席之地。然而，对于HL是否阻碍了SE的获得，教师们持有相互矛盾的意见。数据还表明，教师在英语课堂上使用HL帮助学生掌握和理解困难的概念，充当两种语言之间的桥梁，进行翻译，并促进语码转换。相反，一些教师认为HL限制了SE的词汇量，违背了SE的规则，阻碍了SE的演讲和写作。这些发现对于考察英语课堂中HL的使用情况具有重要意义。
This study sought to investigate the perceptions of Barbadian primary school teachers regarding the use of home language (HL) in the acquisition of Standard English (SE). To this end, 42 teachers completed questionnaires. The data revealed that teachers (87%) considered SE as the language of prestige, education, commerce, and upward mobility. Conversely, teachers (89%) agreed that there was a place for HL in the SE classroom. However, teachers held contradictory views on whether HL hinders the acquisition of SE. The data also indicated that teachers use HL in the SE classroom to help students grasp and understand difficult concepts, to act as a bridge between the two languages, for translation, and to facilitate code-switching. In contrast, some teachers believed that HL limits the SE vocabulary, contradicts SE rules, and hinders SE speech and writing. These findings are significant to consider when examining HL use in the SE classroom.