Code-switching in Teaching Vocabulary: A Conversation Analysis Perspective

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Authors

TŮMA František

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Magija INNO: novye izmerenija v lingvistike i lingvodidaktike. Sbornik naučnyh trudov. Tom 2.
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Faculty of Education

Citation
Web http://inno-conf.mgimo.ru/i/inno-magic-2017_tom-2.pdf
Field Pedagogy and education
Keywords classroom interaction; conversation analysis; code-switching; teaching English as a foreign language; teaching vocabulary
Description This paper addresses the phenomenon of code-switching in English as a foreign language (EFL) classes conducted at university level in Czechia. Theoretically and methodologically the analysis builds on Auer’s sequential approach to code-switching whereby the instances of code-switching are viewed as potential contextualization cues. The overall aim of the analysis, which builds on video-recordings of 11 EFL classes (987 mins), was to uncover how the participants used code-switching in teacher-student classroom interaction. This paper introduces the analysis and some of its preliminary outcomes. On selected data extracts it is shown how the teacher and the students used code-switching to deal with vocabulary items.
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