There seems to be little controversy nowadays about the use of students L1 when common in the class. I've always been a supporter of this as it speeds up the process of understanding rules and creating equivalences when things work out differently in the L1 and target language. Again, this is for adults who have studied English all their lives and they can't seem to get through the stage of only using the present continuous and still get the stay instead of be.
This really makes the process quicker and it sheds light on them.
As a non-native speaker teacher, you
- can better empathise with your learners
- have a clearer idea of what can be tricky for them to learn because you may have gone through a similar process
- know more than one set of grammar rules and find it easier to find examples and provide explanations
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cambridge english teacher has a great webinar given by Sylvana Richardson which will resonate with many of you, non-native teachers. Check it out if you have a spare hour.
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