This paper examines the perception of Omani Teachers and Students in using native language, Arabic, in EFL classes in Secondary Schools, Oman. This paper tries to (a) Find the relationship between teachers' and students' gender and their attitude towards using mother tongue in teaching and learning English as a foreign language, (b) Study how the proficiency in English affects teachers' and students' view about the role of using L1 in L2 classrooms, (c) Investigate how teachers' experience in teaching English affects their attitudes towards using L1 in L2 classrooms, (d) Study the role of students' year of learning and its influence on their attitudes towards using L1 in L2 classrooms.

This paper examines the perception of Omani Teachers and Students in using native language, Arabic, in EFL classes in Secondary Schools, Oman. This paper tries to (a) Find the relationship between teachers' and students' gender and their attitude towards using mother tongue in teaching and learn...