First Language Use in Second and Foreign Language Learning

by Michael L. Cain, Jennifer Dailey-O', Miles Turnbull

Book Overview

This book focuses on the use of the L1 in communicative or immersion-type classrooms. Through the intersection of theory, practice, curriculum and policy, the book calls for a reconceptualization of codeswitching as something that is inherently linked with bilingual codeswitching and something that proficient and aspiring bilinguals do naturally.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847691951
• ISBN13: 9781847691958
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.2"