Mother tongue and speaking skill

Abstract

Learning a new language has always been complicated but rewarding for students, it has always been said that if to learn a new language it is necessary to use our mother tongue or learning should be authentic only with the use of the new foreign language for a better exposure to it. The focus of this research is to determine if the use of the mother tongue influences the learning of the English language and the development of the speaking skill. This was a descriptive research with a mixed approach in a qualitative and quantitative design with a group of 26 participants. They were from an intermediate B1 and advanced level of English at “Glenn Doman” school. At the beginning of the research, a checklist and a survey were developed. The observations to students and teachers were completed in four sessions for each level. At the end a survey was applied only to the students to take into account their point of view about this problem. Finally, the data gathered was analysed using Chi-Cuadrado statistical test. The results demonstrated that the use of the mother tongue in speaking skill influences students when learning the English language.