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Those two teachers’ statements also similar to Mrs. A, she also agreed about the advantages of L1. Here is her statement:
“The benefits or advantages using Indonesian for me are students will understand more and also about time management. If I use Indonesian,
I could save the time, so the materials that I will deliver could be deeper and variations. Besides, I also could give more evaluation and
excercises to the students.” April 13, 2013 Duff Polio 1990, Cook 2001 and Atkinson 1987 recommended that teacher should
use L1 to make light of teaching, because using L1 gave more benefits in teaching and learning process. Saving time is one of the benefits in using L1 when teaching using L2. As I observed, I
concluded that the teacher used L1 in their teaching was not only for delivering material, but for saving the time.
B. When L1 is Used in L2 Classroom
This following table presents the relevant data from the classroom observations about the teacher’s perspective of when they use L1 in their L2 teaching.
When use L1 Classroom Observation
1 2
3 4
5 6
1.Eliciting Language -
- -
- -
-
2.Checking Comprehension √
√ √
√ √
√ 3.Talking about Language
- -
- -
- -
4.Giving Instruction √
√ √
√ √
√
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5.Comparing the L1 and L2 -
- -
- -
-
6.Translating √
√ √
√ √
√ 7.Using Compensatory Strategies
- -
- -
- -
8.Saving Time
- -
- -
- -
9.Etc Explaining the Material √
√ √
√ √
√
Table 3: Data of Classroom Observation
The table above is showing the result of my observation. From the data that I gathered, it showed about when the L2 teachers use L1 in their teaching. Teachers use L1 when they were
checking students’ comprehension was found in 1
st
, 2
nd
, 3
rd
, 4
th
, 5
th
and 6
th
observation. I also knew that teachers use L1 when they were giving instruction to students from the 1
st
, 2
nd
, 3
rd
, 4
th
, 5
th
and 6
th
observation. Not only when they checked students’ comprehension and giving instruction, but the teachers also used L1 in translating that can be seen in the 1
st
, 2
nd
, 3
rd
, 4
th
, 5
th
and 6
th
observation. The last important thing for L2 teachers in using L1 is when they were explaining the materials, especially when teaching about grammar; it was found from 1
st
, 2
nd
, 3
rd
, 4
th
, 5
th
and 6
th
observation. The purpose of classroom observation was to know the actual situation and support the
result of interview about when and why English teachers in Masehi Junior High School use L1 in their teaching then divided into several themes. From my observation, the themes of when L2
teachers use L1 in their teaching were checking comprehension, giving instruction, translating, and explaining the materials. Each of the themes will be explained and discussed further below.
1. Checking Comprehension
According to my six classroom observation, I found that teachers use L1 in their L2 teaching when they wanted to check students’ comprehension. In checking students’
