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Transitioning To English-Only In A University Intensive English Program: A Phenomenological Study, Alan Broomhead
Transitioning To English-Only In A University Intensive English Program: A Phenomenological Study, Alan Broomhead
Alan Broomhead
This qualitative research study investigated how students in university English as a Second Language (ESL) programs experience the transition to English-only methodology. When students move from English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts, where the first language is usually integral to teaching and learning, to university English as a second language (ESL) programs in the U.S., they may encounter a significant difference in the approach to teaching, an approach which excludes reference to their first language and obliges them to use only English. While the question of the first language (L1) in second language teaching and learning has been explored …