%0 Journal Article
%T A Comparison of Two Different Types of Vocabulary Treatment: Inclusion or Exclusion of L1?
%A Sasan Baleghizadeh
%A Ali Mirzaei
%J Theory and Practice in Language Studies
%D 2011
%I 
%R 10.4304/tpls.1.7.765-770
%X The use of language learners¡¯ mother language has traditionally been banned and the potential uses of it still continue to be undermined and neglected. To date, research has not conclusively demonstrated a detrimental effect resulting from use of learners¡¯ mother language in foreign language learning classes. On the other hand, there are many studies which have demonstrated the potential power of using the learners¡¯ mother language in different areas of foreign language learning. This study examined the possible role of the learners¡¯ mother tongue in learning new vocabulary items through a relatively unexplored presentation technique. The results showed the group that learned the words through first language definitions outperformed the group that learned the words through English definitions.
%K vocabulary
%K mother tongue
%K word association
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