Code switching in ESL classrooms: a study of adult Arabic learners

This small scale study investigated adult Arabic students' use of code switching (CS) in four university second language classrooms in Western Australia. Arabic students' attitudes towards CS were also explored using interviews and questionnaires. An analysis of the data found that the use...

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Main Author: Larbah, Manar Suliman
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1813
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description This small scale study investigated adult Arabic students' use of code switching (CS) in four university second language classrooms in Western Australia. Arabic students' attitudes towards CS were also explored using interviews and questionnaires. An analysis of the data found that the use of CS is indeed present in the second language classroom and that Arabic learners CS for pedagogical, communicative and social purposes. The data also revealed that most students showed strong support for CS because of the positive impact they believe it has on their language learning.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-18132017-02-20T06:37:17Z Code switching in ESL classrooms: a study of adult Arabic learners Larbah, Manar Suliman This small scale study investigated adult Arabic students' use of code switching (CS) in four university second language classrooms in Western Australia. Arabic students' attitudes towards CS were also explored using interviews and questionnaires. An analysis of the data found that the use of CS is indeed present in the second language classroom and that Arabic learners CS for pedagogical, communicative and social purposes. The data also revealed that most students showed strong support for CS because of the positive impact they believe it has on their language learning. 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1813 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Larbah, Manar Suliman
Code switching in ESL classrooms: a study of adult Arabic learners
title Code switching in ESL classrooms: a study of adult Arabic learners
title_full Code switching in ESL classrooms: a study of adult Arabic learners
title_fullStr Code switching in ESL classrooms: a study of adult Arabic learners
title_full_unstemmed Code switching in ESL classrooms: a study of adult Arabic learners
title_short Code switching in ESL classrooms: a study of adult Arabic learners
title_sort code switching in esl classrooms: a study of adult arabic learners
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1813