Only 22 percent of teachers saw
this as an appropriate use. Students also
responded notably higher than teachers on
the following uses for Spanish: to help students
feel more comfortable and confident, to
check comprehension, and to define new
vocabulary items. Neither students nor teachers
saw a use for the L1 in testing.
A notable percentage of students would
like Spanish to be used in English class either
between 10 and 39 percent of the time. A
sizeable number of students like the use of
Spanish because it helps them when they feel
lost. About 87 percent of students feel Spanish
facilitates their learning of English
between “a little” and “a lot,” and about 57
percent think it helps from “fairly much” to
“a lot.”