Learner Code-Switching in the Content-Based Foreign Language Classroom

2004 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grit Liebscher ◽  
Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Foreign Language Classroom

scholarly journals La commutazione di codice nel parlato dell’insegnante di inglese come lingua straniera Uno studio di caso

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariagrazia Palumbo
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Language Class ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Foreign Language Classroom ◽  
The Relationship

In the current study, code-switching is analysed in the context of an English as a Foreign Language class. Following a brief review of the literature on the relationship between code-switching and language teaching, an observational study involving forty-one students in two classes is presented. The analysis is based on class observations, duly recorded and transcribed, and on two questionnaires completed by students and their teacher. Results reveal some positive effects of code alternation in the English as a foreign language classroom.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Code Switching in an EFL Context: Why and When?

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Mehdi Khonakdar ◽  
Seyed Jalal Abdolmanafi-Rokni
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Classroom ◽  
Efl Classrooms

<p class="Default"><em>English is considered in Iran as a foreign language because Iranians enjoy this language in academic centers like schools and universities; therefore, the reasons of enjoying code switching in EFL classes can be considered as a study. This study was an attempt to investigate Iranian EFL teachers’ reasons for code switching in Iranian EFL classes by sixty Iranian teachers who teach English as a foreign language. This article, although preliminary in nature, attempted to highlight and explain some of the functions of code-switching in the foreign language classroom. In short, this study has been made to investigate the trends of code-switching in Iranian EFL classrooms. A questionnaire was adopted from Gulzar (2010) to know the reasons and functions toward code switching in EFL classes. Nine most important functions toward code switching were asked of the teachers to state their functions based on the Likert scale. The results showed that teachers have different reasons and functions for code switching in EFL classes. The reasons why code switching is used dependson different reasons such as time, syllabus, and subject matter and so on.</em></p>

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