The Monolingual Thematic Dictionary of the A1 level of SFL

Is the bilingual dictionary the most effective tool for a beginner language learner? In my opinion, although the use of L1 in a language classroom has almost disappeared, we are still encouraging the interference of L1 in the process of learning an L2 with the use of bilingual dictionaries. In intermediate and advanced levels of proficiency, the use of the monolingual language learner's dictionary is widespread, but at a beginner level the use of the bilingual dictionary is unquestionable since ...