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Download full textEzeh, Nnenna Gertrude; Umeh, Ifeoma Ann; Anyanwu, Esther Chikaodi – English Language Teaching, 2022
The primary goal of language teaching is to afford learners, proficiency in communicating in the target language, self-development as well as intercultural understanding of languages in the learning process. The teacher is therefore charged with the task of selecting appropriate strategies to effectively achieve his pedagogic goals, one of which…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Luo, Yuehan – English Language Teaching, 2019
While research on students' perceptions of code-switching in EFL classrooms has proliferated over the past several decades, limited research has been conducted to understand students' perceptions with different levels of language proficiency in English. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative data collected from students with different…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
Bhatti, Aisha; Shamsudin, Sarimah; Said, Seriaznita Binti Mat – English Language Teaching, 2018
In every society, language plays a vital role in communicating with each other as it allows speakers to expand their knowledge, deliver their ideas, opinions and feelings in the society. English, as a global language, provides a platform for communication for people who speak the language. Due to the growing trend in linguistic globalisation,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Code Switching (Language)
Simasiku, Liswani; Kasanda, Choshi; Smit, Talita – English Language Teaching, 2015
There has been a high failure rate of Grade 10 learners in the year end examinations in the Caprivi Education Region of Namibia over a number of years. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the use of mother tongue in English medium classrooms enhanced learners' academic achievement.The study investigated 12 teachers at 12 schools…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Academic Achievement, Grade 10, Investigations
Rezvani, Ehsan; Street, Hezar Jerib; Rasekh, Abbass Eslami – English Language Teaching, 2011
This paper presents the results of a small-scale exploratory investigation of code-switching (CS) between English and Farsi by 4 Iranian English foreign language (EFL) teachers in elementary level EFL classrooms in a language school in Isfahan, Iran. Specifically, the present study aimed at exploring the syntactical identification of switches and…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages
Liang, Xiaohua – English Language Teaching, 2009
This study aims to investigate the role of mediation in the learning process from a sociocultural perspective, activity theory in particular. This study was carried out in a primary English immersion school within the CCUEI Programs in Mainland China. Data were collected mainly through observations and interviews, which were then supplemented by…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
