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Williamson, Thea; Clemons, Aris – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2023
Purpose: Little research has been done exploring the nature of multilingual students who are not categorized as English language learners (ELLs) in English language arts (ELA) classes. This study about a group of multilingual girls in an ELA class led by a monolingual white teacher aims to show how, when a teacher makes space for translanguaging…
Descriptors: English, Language Arts, Code Switching (Language), Multilingualism
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Didi-Ogren, Holly H. K. – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2020
This article takes a sociocultural linguistic approach to code switching in investigating discursive functions of shifts between Standard Japanese and a regional dialect (Iwate Dialect) in women's activity-centered, naturally occurring interactions. The paper extends previous scholarship to a consideration of how shifts are used for discursive…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Language Usage, Japanese, Dialects
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de la Fuente, Tatiana Estefania Galvan; Flores, Jesus Eduardo Fong – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
Second language classroom interaction has unique characteristics. The purpose of this paper is to describe the linguistic resources that teachers draw on to encourage social interaction in the EFL classroom. This examination includes a detailed analysis of the practical activities teachers engage in, focusing on their use of linguistic repertoires…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Mexicans, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ruiz-Funes, Marcela T. – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
This study reports on a small-scale, longitudinal investigation on L2 Spanish oral development by English-home language (EHL) learners in an English/Spanish Two-Way Immersion (TWI) program in rural, eastern United States. It examined EHL learners' oral ability in L2 Spanish based on longitudinal assessment data from Kindergarten, Grade 2, and…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Spanish, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Gollan, Tamar H.; Goldrick, Matthew – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2018
The current study investigated the possibility that language switches could be relatively automatically triggered by context. "Single-word switches," in which bilinguals switched languages on a single word in midsentence and then immediately switched back, were contrasted with more complete "whole-language switches," in which…
Descriptors: Syntax, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Speech Communication
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Munalim, Leonardo O.; Gonong, Gina O. – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2019
Reflective Teaching as a relatively new approach toward teaching and education can be traced back to Dewey's (1933) assertion of reflective action. To date, methodologies remain almost recursive. Arguably, the modality of written genres may tempt the teachers to produce cursory reflective writings. This exploratory paper presents the sorts of…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Teaching Methods, Speech Communication, English (Second Language)
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Lantto, Hanna – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2016
This study examines the manifestations of purity and authenticity in 47 Basque bilinguals' reactions to code-switching. The respondents listened to two speech extracts with code-switching, filled in a short questionnaire and talked about the extracts in small groups. These conversations were then recorded. The respondents' beliefs can be…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Questionnaires, Language Attitudes, Uncommonly Taught Languages
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Rahma Al-Mahrooqi; Khalsa Al-Aghbari – Journal of English as an International Language, 2015
Though the topic enjoys a general currency within informal scholarly debate, this is the first linguistic study to explore the nature and extent of the use of English in Omani EIL students' everyday lives. It delineates the social factors that influence this use and offers a data-driven analysis of the most frequently found linguistic patterns and…
Descriptors: Language Usage, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kasanga, Luanga Adrien – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2008
Second generation immigrants tend to shift their loyalty from their own languages ("immigrant language") to the language of the host country ("societal language"), given the socioeconomically weak vitality position of the immigrant languages. This language shift makes intergenerational communication, especially with folk left…
Descriptors: African Languages, Multilingualism, Adolescents, Coping
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Reyes, Iliana – Bilingual Research Journal, 2008
This study focuses on the characteristics of discourse between Latino immigrant children and their teacher during science instruction. Peer interaction was analyzed to identify the use and importance of the native language (L1) for the development of content knowledge during group collaboration. In addition, the interaction between teacher and…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Speech Communication, Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Mendieta-Lombardo, Eva; Cintron, Zaida A. – Hispania, 1995
Presents a model of the speaker's sociopsychological motivations when he engages in code-switching (CS). The use of CS can be interpreted as a marked or an unmarked choice of discourse mode. (38 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Context Clues, Discourse Analysis
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Toribio, Almeida Jacqueline – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2004
The present article examines one property of bilingual speech--convergence--and strives towards explanatory depth by attending to the insights of the antecedent research in formal linguistics, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics. In particular, the paper adopts as a point of departure (and further substantiates) the argument that convergence…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Monolingualism
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James, Carl – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1986
Presents a study of foreigner talk (FT) in a minority language (Welsh) in a bilingual community and describes some of the most prominent features of Welsh FT. FT is defined as a simple form of a language used by native speakers to communicate with non-proficient speakers of the language. (SED)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis, Interaction Process Analysis
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Ainsworth-Vaughn, Nancy – Language Sciences, 1990
Suggests that sociolinguistic knowledge is realized from the beginning of language use. The roles of formulaic language and of interactional consequences are described as explanations for the acquisition of style-switching. (30 references) (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition
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Hornberger, Nancy H. – Language and Education, 1995
Explores perspectives and methodologies that sociolinguistics brings to ethnographic research in schools. The article identifies the methodological contributions arising from linguistics that interactional sociolinguistics and microethnograpy share, such as the use of naturally occurring language data, the consultation of native intuition, and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Class Activities, Classroom Environment
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