Abstract Throughout much of the history of research into second language acquisition (SLA), the role of learners’ first language (L1) in the second language (L2) learning has been a hotly debated issue. Different viewpoints are but a mere reflection of the different methodological shifts in English Language Teaching (ELT). I believe that L1 of the… Continue reading ‘Rehabilitating the Contrastive Analysis through the Use of First language in the English Language Classroom’ by Shivani