Teacher’s Perceptions of Langauge Choice in EFL Classroom

adam wiryawan, rurini retnowati, akhmad sabarudin; nita kaniadewi, m.pd.;

DILLAH RESTU AMANAH. NIM: 1701055044. Teacher’s Perceptions of Langauge
Choice in EFL Classroom. A paper, Jakarta: The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka, 2023.
This study investigated teachers perceptions of language choice (monolingual or bilingual) bilingual refers to applying L1 and TL in classroom. This research paper aimed to explore English Teachers’ Perceptions about Language Choice in classrooms, and also to find out how the English teachers use the language choice in their real classroom context. This study used qualitative method in which the researcher interviewed and observed 8 English teachers who taught at junior high school in Jakarta. The interview consisted of 10 questions. The results of this study
showed that in general are some English teachers tend to have a perception of choosing a language to be bilingual. Influenced by the background of students at school, the various abilities of students, the teacher's perception of the effective use of bilingualism to facilitate students. Besides of that teachers who are comfortable using full English have reasons because students quickly accept the teacher's intentions such as forms of instruction, greetings so that teachers believe using full English is not a problem in the classroom.