English-Only, perhaps it’s not the way to go: Learning environment and classroom activities in English Literature course.

Abstract

This article aims to investigate how L2 learners at teacher college deal with language learning especially when they challenge themselves learning English with non-native speaker teachers and how do they gain knowledge by themselves. This article uses qualitative research method to collect data by observation in English prose classroom activity; group discussion, individual presentation, reports and assignments related to the theme of pedagogy and language acquisition. The population in this research were 32 educational major students who enrolled in English Prose course. The results revealed that L2 learners participate themselves with the texts they were familiar with. Most of them prefers to read both fiction and non-fiction texts concerning their studying atmosphere as teacher educator, children’s right on education, quality in life, language identity, the challenges in second language acquisition without native speaker teacher. Moreover, they echoed the perception of proper learning environment for L2 learners and ESL classroom management in Thailand.