Code-switching in the English language classrooms in Kuching secondary schools


 

THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL
VOL LXIV NO.85 DECEMBER 2007
 
 
Title : 
Code-Switching in The English Language Classrooms in Kuching Secondary Schools.
Author : 
Mahanita Mahadhir & Chen-on Then
Abstract:
This study aims to study the use of code-switching by TESL trainees from a local higher learning institution who underwent teaching practice in Kuching schools. It investigated their perceptions towards the use of code-switching and the code-switching functions in their English lesson. The findings indicated the teachers’ perceptions towards code-switching influenced their frequency of code-switching in class. Teachers with positive perception towards code-switching code-switched more often in class and vice versa. Six functions of code-switching in the English lesson identified were revoking, calling attention, personalisation, resource, need analyst, and communication facilitator. The most common function of code-switching in the English lesson was acting as resource. Seven out of nine of the trainee teachers were found to have code-switched in their English lessons which suggests that code-switching in the English lesson is a common phenomenon. Therefore, code-switching should not be viewed as interference in the English lesson. Instead, it should be viewed as an alternative approach to or technique of the teaching of English. Teachers code-switched in the English lesson to fulfill six code-switching functions in the English lesson. Teachers could consider the different functions of code-switching in the English lesson and utilise it as an approach to teaching Englishor to add to the variety of teaching techniques available to them.
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How to cite:
Mahanita Mahadhir and Chen-on Then. (2007). Code-Switching in The English Language Classrooms in Kuching Secondary Schools. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LXIV (85): 197-220
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