Towards crosslinguistic pedagogy: Demystifying pre-service teachers’ beliefs regarding the target-language-only rule

The present study examines the perceived benefits of a crosslinguistic approach to language teaching, which consists essentially of promoting interaction between all of the learner’s languages to facilitate additional language learning. Specifically, this paper reports on a pilot study that involved pre-service ESL teachers in Quebec (Canada) taking a foreign language course designed to foster crosslinguistic interaction, an approach which runs...