期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2012
卷号：1
期号：2
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：The present paper investigates the use of the students` mother tongue, the Arabic language (L1), inteaching grammar topics and constructions of the English language (L2) to find out whether the use ofL1 in teaching the grammar of L2 affects the students` comprehension and learning outcome. Theparticipants were 26 level two male students of the English Program at Buraydah Community College,Qassim University. They were divided into two groups; the experimental group studied in L1 teachingcontext and the control group studied in the usual L2 teaching context. The grammar lesson, "thepassive and the active voice" was chosen as the grammar topic. Data was obtained through pre-posttests, students and teachers feedback. The statistical analysis and the comparisons of the scores of thetwo groups show that the use of L1 in teaching L2 grammar does not benefit the students since thescores of the control group members (who were taught in L2) are higher than those achieved by theexperimental group members (who were taught by the use of L1).
关键词：using L1; teaching grammar; L1 and L2; learning outcome.
