“What’s pavement? — Chodník.” Code-switching in Upper-Secondary EFL Classrooms

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Výsledek na webu

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

“What’s pavement? — Chodník.” Code-switching in Upper-Secondary EFL Classrooms

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The role of the mother tongue in English language teaching has always been a contentious issue. English teachers, prospective teachers, teacher educators, language learners and researchers in the field are divided into two opposing factions over the matter. One advocates for the occasional use of the mother tongue because it has its role and significance in a language classroom, the other promotes the idea of English-only classrooms. That is why this study focuses on code-switching (i.e. the participants’ alternation from English into Czech or vice versa) in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms. Since code-switching serves many functions in EFL classrooms, the goal of this conversation-analytic study is to provide insight into how teachers and students code-switch while dealing with word meaning. The data consists of 13 hours and 30 minutes of recordings from five different upper-secondary schools in the Czech Republic. In each school, three to five consecutive English language lessons were recorded in the final year. All students and their teachers spoke Czech, therefore Czech could be used to explain word meanings and everybody would understand. The analysis shows that Czech is commonly used in EFL classes to deal with word meaning, even though the teacher maximizes the use of the target language and uses English as the main language in the classroom. It also demonstrates how teachers’ questions may influence students’ language choice in their answers. The study thus reveals the intricacies of language choice and language use in foreign language classrooms.

Název v anglickém jazyce

“What’s pavement? — Chodník.” Code-switching in Upper-Secondary EFL Classrooms

Popis výsledku anglicky

The role of the mother tongue in English language teaching has always been a contentious issue. English teachers, prospective teachers, teacher educators, language learners and researchers in the field are divided into two opposing factions over the matter. One advocates for the occasional use of the mother tongue because it has its role and significance in a language classroom, the other promotes the idea of English-only classrooms. That is why this study focuses on code-switching (i.e. the participants’ alternation from English into Czech or vice versa) in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms. Since code-switching serves many functions in EFL classrooms, the goal of this conversation-analytic study is to provide insight into how teachers and students code-switch while dealing with word meaning. The data consists of 13 hours and 30 minutes of recordings from five different upper-secondary schools in the Czech Republic. In each school, three to five consecutive English language lessons were recorded in the final year. All students and their teachers spoke Czech, therefore Czech could be used to explain word meanings and everybody would understand. The analysis shows that Czech is commonly used in EFL classes to deal with word meaning, even though the teacher maximizes the use of the target language and uses English as the main language in the classroom. It also demonstrates how teachers’ questions may influence students’ language choice in their answers. The study thus reveals the intricacies of language choice and language use in foreign language classrooms.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA18-02363S" target="_blank" >GA18-02363S: Interakce ve frontální výuce a skupinové práci v hodinách angličtiny na střední škole</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Studie z aplikované lingvistiky / Studies in Applied Linguistics

ISSN

2336-6702

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

12

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

59-75

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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