First Language Use in Second and Foreign Language Learning

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First Language Use in Second and Foreign Language Learning is written by Miles Turnbull and published by Multilingual Matters. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1847697682 (ISBN 10) and 9781847697684 (ISBN 13).

This volume offers fresh perspectives on a controversial issue in applied linguistics and language teaching by focusing on the use of the first language in communicative or immersion-type classrooms. It includes new work by both new and established scholars in educational scholarship, second language acquisition, and sociolinguistics, as well as in a variety of languages, countries, and educational contexts. Through its focus at the intersection of theory, practice, curriculum and policy, the book demands a reconceptualization of code-switching as something that both proficient and aspiring bilinguals do naturally, and as a practice that is inherently linked with bilingual code-switching.