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Samar, Reza Ghafar; Moradkhani, Shahab – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2014
Although many language teachers resort to their first language (L1) at various junctures during their practice, not many studies have tried to understand the reasons for this from teachers' personal perspectives. This study aimed at investigating English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers' cognitive processes during their classroom…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
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Bani-Shoraka, Helena – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2008
This study examines how bilingual family members use language choice and language alternation as a local scheme of interpretation to distinguish different and often contesting social identities in interaction. It is argued that the playful creation of oppositional identities in interaction relieves the speakers from responsibility and creates a…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Family Relationship, Language Usage, Foreign Countries