Affiliation:
1. Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco
Abstract
This chapter investigates the beliefs and perceptions of Moroccan EFL university students and professors towards the use of L1 in the multilingual English classroom. It also delves into how such L1 use is enacted into the classroom depicting when and for what purposes. This study was of a mixed method using both qualitative and quantitative approach. For this purpose, two different instruments were employed to collect the relevant data: an interview and a questionnaire. Subjects of the study consist of 476 randomly selected EFL university students and a sample of 20 EFL university professors. Results show that though the attitudes of the teachers and the students about using L1 were different, still, all participants assumed having used L1 for specific reasons.
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