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Common Problem: Good Student to Student Interactions?but Not in English Spending an entire class period speaking in a foreign language is tiring. However, if the students are only communicating to each other in their first language, they won?t improve. In my opinion, some teachers can be a bit too strict with rules about reverting to L1. The students are there with their friends, of course they want to chat from time to time or might even need clarification about the rules of a game or activity. Instead of yelling at them not to use their first language, I find that it is more effective to explain to students why they should be using English for some activities. Show them the mechanics of an activity and how practicing a structure will help them remember it and feel comfortable using it. Explain to them what fluency is and how they can improve it. Having said that, I do still have to remind my teens to speak in English from time to time. In some of my classes, we?ve adopted a classroom strategy of funny penalties for speaking in L1. For example, singing a song at the end of class, becoming the teacher?s helper, doing ten jumping jacks, etc. This has the added benefit of being very entertaining to both myself and the rest of the class. I suggest letting the class come up with their own penalties.
