%0 Journal Article %T The Facilitating Role of L1 in ESL Classes %A £¿a£¿r£¿ Tu£¿rul Mart %J International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences %D 2013 %I Human Resource Management Academic Research Society %X It has been widely advocated that insistence on English-only policy and the complete prohibition of L1 would maximize the effect of learning L2 but recent studies demonstrate that the appropriate use of L1 has a facilitating role in L2 classroom. This study attempts to demonstrate that the use of L1 in ESL classes does not hinder foreign language learning. %K First Language %K Second Language %K Exposure %K Translation %U http://www.hrmars.com/admin/pics/1400.pdf