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A curriculum in transition: TL/L1 use in Dutch EFL literature lessons

Wolthuis, F; Bloemert, J; Tammenga-Helmantel, M; Paran, A; (2019) A curriculum in transition: TL/L1 use in Dutch EFL literature lessons. Language, Culture and Curriculum 10.1080/07908318.2019.1697279. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

FL literature lessons in Dutch secondary education present a potential dilemma for teachers in terms of language use. On the one hand teachers are encouraged to support target language (TL) input and output to promote foreign language (FL) learning. On the other hand, the curricular culture in the Netherlands has historically stipulated that FL literature teaching should take place in the first language (L1). Furthermore, studies on TL/L1 use in FL lessons suggest teachers and students turn to L1 when discussing complex content such as a passages from a literary texts. As such, it is unknown what is currently happening regarding TL/L1 use during FL literature lessons in the Netherlands. Therefore, this descriptive study investigates how much and during which classroom activities TL/L1 were used in English as a foreign language (EFL) literature classrooms. Twenty-four lessons (four for each of six teachers) were video-recorded and TL/L1 use analysed. Results show that although students used mostly L1, teachers predominantly used TL, revealing them to be actively providing a language focus in EFL literature lessons. TL/L1 use by teachers and students differed between classrooms and individual lessons; TL/L1 choice was generally not determined by classroom activities but by teacher consistency and encouragement.

Type: Article
Title: A curriculum in transition: TL/L1 use in Dutch EFL literature lessons
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2019.1697279
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2019.1697279
Language: English
Additional information: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: EFL literature, target language use, secondary education, integrated curricula, language acquisition, language-literature teaching
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10087956
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