Title

Language Use in the Classroom: Understanding the Relationship between Perceptions, Beliefs, and Verbal Communication

Authors

Authors

G. L. Thompson

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Hispania-J. Devoted Teach. Span. Port.

Keywords

beliefs; language use; perceptions; Spanish; student input; FOREIGN-LANGUAGE; STUDENTS; Linguistics; Language & Linguistics; Literature, Romance

Abstract

This article addresses the relationship between instructors' and students' perceptions and beliefs about first language (L1) and target language (TL) use in the Spanish foreign language classroom and actual classroom use. Given the lack of research correlating perceptions and belief's of both students and their teachers to their classroom language use, this study undertakes to discover what relationships exist. These data were gathered utilizing both questionnaires and video-recordings of classroom teaching. This Study analyzes how accurate and reliable students and teachers are in predicting how much L1 and TL are being employed in the classroom and whether their professed beliefs regarding L1 and TL are manifested in how they use language.

Journal Title

Hispania-a Journal Devoted to the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese

Volume

92

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2009

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

537

Last Page

549

WOS Identifier

WOS:000269985200036

ISSN

0018-2133

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