Prospective English Language Teachers’ Views on Translation Use in Foreign Language Teaching

The importance of using mother tongue and
translation in foreign language classrooms cannot be ignored and
translation can be utilized as a method in English Language Teaching
courses. There exist researches advocating or objecting to the use of
translation in foreign language learning but they all have a point in
common: Translation should be used as an aid to teaching, not an end
in itself. In this research, prospective English language teachers’
opinions about translation use and use of mother tongue in foreign
language teaching are investigated and according to the findings,
some explanations and recommendations are made.

• Ozlem Bozok
• Yusuf Bozok

• Exposure to foreign language
• translation
• foreign language learning
• prospective teachers’ opinions
• use of L1.

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