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Title: | Should A Second Language Be Taught By A Native Speaker? |
Authors: | Wanniarachchi, N. Ranathunge, S. Siriwardhana, V. |
Keywords: | Second language, Native speaker, Target language, Tamil, Bloomfield |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Publisher: | Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka |
Citation: | Wanniarachchi, N., Ranathunge, S. and Siriwardhana, V. (2018). Should A Second Language Be Taught By A Native Speaker?, Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, P.90 |
Abstract: | Throughout the history of linguistics, many research studies have proven that a second language should be taught by a native speaker of the target language. Since Leonard Bloomfield’s army method (audio-lingual method), the field of language teaching has always adopted the method of using a native speaker as the tutor. The objective of this research study is to find answers to the question, “should a second language be taught by a native speaker? The importance of this research study is to emphasize the fact that a language like Tamil is difficult to be comprehended when taught by a native speaker. Questionnaires will be distributed among undergraduates of the Department of Linguistics who have actually faced difficulties in learning a second language like Tamil. Evaluating questionnaires and information gathered from the Internet it will be proved that using a native speaker to teach a second language is not successful in every situation. |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/21482 |
Appears in Collections: | Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018) |
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