Teachers' Code-Switching in Classroom Instructions for Low English Proficient Learners

Autor/inn/en	Ahmad, Badrul Hisham; Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
Titel	Teachers' Code-Switching in Classroom Instructions for Low English Proficient Learners
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 2 (2009) 2, S.49-55 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Code Switching (Language); Language Proficiency; Student Attitudes; Public Colleges; College Students; Questionnaires; Likert Scales; Correlation; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Reliability; Affective Behavior; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Fragebogen; Likert-Skala; Korrelation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Reliabilität; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung
Abstract	Due to the alarming signals of declining proficiency level among English Language learners in Malaysia, this study set out to learn more about the learners' perceptions of the teachers' code-switching in English Language classrooms. The objectives of this study were to investigate: a) learners' perceptions of teachers' code-switching, b) the relationship between teachers' code-switching and learners' affective support, c) the relationship between teachers' code-switching and learners' learning success, and d) the future use of code-switching in students' learning. The study investigated 257 low English proficient learners attending Communication 1 proficiency course in a public university in Malaysia. A set of questionnaire containing 20 items using 5-points Likert-type scale was administered to measure the presence of code-switching in classrooms, the affective support and the learning success. The study proposed two hypotheses and the hypotheses were tested using Pearson product moment correlation analyses. The study found that learners perceived code-switching as a positive strategy due to the various functions it has. There are significant relationships between (1) teachers' code-switching and learners' affective support and (2) teachers' code-switching and learners' learning success. Learners also showed favourable support for future code-switching in the English classrooms. It is strongly believed that teachers' code-switching is an effective teaching strategy when dealing with low English proficient learners. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01