Why teachers use Bahasa in the Arabic language classroom?

• Main Authors: Mohamed Adnan, Mohamad Azrien, Mohamad, Shukeri, Mamat , Arifin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IIUM Press 2014
• Subjects: L Education (General); LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices); PJ6001 Arabic
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/37140/1/drarifin_why_use_bahasa.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37140/; http://journals.iium.edu.my/ijes/index.php/iejs/index
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The use of the target language has long been considered an important principle of second language (L2) instruction. Previous research has attempted to quantify the amount of the first language (L1) used in the classroom and has explored the purposes or functions of teachers’ ‘lapses’ into their stud...