Benjamin Baguio Mangila
J.H. Cerilles State College

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Pedagogic Code-Switching: A Case Study of the Language Practices of Filipino Teachers in English Language Classrooms Benjamin Baguio Mangila
English Language Teaching Educational Journal Vol. 1 No. 3 (2018)
Publisher : Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.12928/eltej.v1i3.643

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This study was conducted to primarily investigate the language practices of bilingual Filipino teachers in English language classrooms. The findings of this study revealed that teachers made use of code-switching in teaching and they code-switched for several pedagogic purposes. In sentential-level analysis, the results showed that several code-switching acts were made by teachers in classroom discourse. Intra-sentential, inter-sentential, and intra-word code-switch types were most commonly used by teachers while extra-sentential code-switch was not used in their classroom discourses. In pedagogic-functional level analysis, the results revealed that the teachers frequently used code-switching mostly for instructional or content acquisition. Furthermore, the findings showed that teachers sometimes code-switched for reformulation and facilitation but they never code-switched for language acquisition and habitual purposes. This study recommended that a similar study be conducted to gather sufficient data on class interactions through utilizing intensive classroom observations to deepen investigation on teachers’ language practices. Furthermore, it also recommended that other methods like interviews could also be done to gather teachers’ viewpoints about when and why they code-switch and their attitudes toward their use of code-switching in second language classrooms.