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Article Review 2

Rodrìguez, C., and Oxbrow, G. (2007). L1 in the EFL classroom: more a help than a hindrance? //Porta linguarum. 9// (ni), pp. 93-109//.//

__The article shows that despite of contrary opinions about the use of native language in translation in many teaching classrooms is useful.__ **//__Sentence fragment__//**.The use of mother tongue in translation in the English classrooms helps the learning process in adquiring a second language. Also it allows students to compare both languages which it contributes __n__ promoting the second language acquisition processes. In the same sense, the results of this investigation shows a favorable response from students to the translation activities and also they claim that the use of learners native language in a judicious way is an impresindible tool that enhance students in their new adventure of learn other language. **//__Are you using your own words? Try to describe the article in more detail.__//**

The author of the article claims that the use of L1 in the English classroom to acquire a second language is an exellent tool to achieve the target language. The author mentions the importance of using the native language by supporting this idea with some other research. __There are **//Try to avoid using there is/are sentences for this assignment.//**__ other ideas that help author to support their own ideas with others author`s ideas for example an author mentions that the mother tongue is a womb in which the second language born. According __with__ my experience as a teacher, I agree with this idea since students feel more comfortable when they feel their native language nearer and they can understand better some hard instructions.

Article review 1 Horst, M., White J. and Bell, P. (2010). First and second language knowledge in the language classroom. //International journal of bilingualism, 14//(3), pp. 331-349.

In the article the investigators show the importance to use L1 in the classrooms. Many institutions __prohibited or trained__ **//__Verb tense.__//** teachers in order to avoid the use of L1 as a way to teach a second language. However, this idea is not supported at all for research findings. Some investigators that support the idea to use the native language in the classroom; suggest that the appropriate use of L1 reduces learners anxiety, plays a role in a scaffolding tasks and it helps students to develop a higer level of work. Try to describe in more detail the purpose and findings of this research. **//__You can compare this article with others in the second paragraph.__//**

The investigators claim that there are some aspects on using L1 as a tool for students that make them to feel more secure at time to use their native langua__ge. th__is idea is supported in the theorical framework by different authors who investigate over this theme. According with my experience, I agree on use L1 as a tool in the English language classrooms since it has a particular importan__ce, b__ecause students (beginners) feel frustrated when they do not understand some aspects when the teacher are explaining or giving some instructions in order to do a task in the calssroom. On the contrary, when teachers __expalains__ what students do not understand using the native languag__e; st__udents feel comfortable and make the correct use of the language that they are learning. the use of L1 has some benefits for beginners students but teachers have to be aware that students do not overused their native language; because instead of help students learning can became an impediment to achieve the second language that they learning.

Feedback
 * Make sure you always double check your published work...notice how you inserted a hard return in the second paragraph. Also, make the changes as discussed in class yesterday: avoid direct quotes unless coming from a different source; comma use, etc. 1348059317

Read

 * Read the article once to get the big idea or big picture.
 * Read the article again to understand the details.
 * Review the introduction, conclusion, section headings, and summaries in order to determine the thesis, argument, or main idea of the article. Also, search for supporting information related to the thesis, argument, or main idea such as problem statement, purpose of the research, and research questions.
 * Create a mind map or outline to help organize your thoughts.

Write to understand

 * Free-write in order to help reveal your ideas and to find ways to express them.
 * Based on each section of the article, consider the following questions:
 * What is the author saying in the article?
 * Why is the author saying this?
 * How does this point relate to other ideas in the article?
 * How does this point relate to the course?
 * How does this point relate to your own experience and opinion?
 * What's the significance or what are the implications of this article? So what?

Write to be understood

 * Using your mind map or outline, create a summary of the author's ideas which will also include a critique based on the questions above? Determine your overall opinion of the article (positive, negative, or mixed) and support your opinion by included evidence (detailed examples from any article) to support your opinion. Arrange your ideas either from the least important to the most important or vice versa.
 * Focus on communicating your ideas when writing your first draft and avoid any editing.
 * Once you have completed your first draft, review and modify each section at a time.
 * Criteria:
 * Begin with the reference according to APA.
 * Then, one paragraph that summarizes the article (at least five sentences).
 * And finally, one paragraph that provides your overall opinion of the article (at least five sentences).