Code-switching in higher education in a multilingual environment

Research has shown that code-switching (CS) between languages in spoken discourse is prevalent in multilingual contexts and is used for many purposes. More recently, it has become the subject of much concern in academic contexts in negatively affecting students’ language use and learning. However, w...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Bahous, Rima N. (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Nabhani, Mona Baroud (author), Bacha, Nahla Nola (author)
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منشور في: 2014
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09658416.2013.828735
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09658416.2013.828735
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description Research has shown that code-switching (CS) between languages in spoken discourse is prevalent in multilingual contexts and is used for many purposes. More recently, it has become the subject of much concern in academic contexts in negatively affecting students’ language use and learning. However, while the concern has been increasing, no rigorous studies have been done in L1 Arabic academic contexts. In this paper, the researchers explore university faculty and students’ views on CS in higher education classes in an American-style institution in Lebanon. Data were collected through unstructured interviews, non-participant observations and questionnaires. Main findings show that faculties are unaware that they code-switch contrary to what non-participant observations showed. The surveys revealed that students code-switch to learn better and that their faculty code-switch in class. Recommendations to raise awareness of this phenomenon in bi/multilingual academic contexts are made.
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spelling Code-switching in higher education in a multilingual environmenta Lebanese exploratory studyBahous, Rima N.Nabhani, Mona BaroudBacha, Nahla NolaResearch has shown that code-switching (CS) between languages in spoken discourse is prevalent in multilingual contexts and is used for many purposes. More recently, it has become the subject of much concern in academic contexts in negatively affecting students’ language use and learning. However, while the concern has been increasing, no rigorous studies have been done in L1 Arabic academic contexts. In this paper, the researchers explore university faculty and students’ views on CS in higher education classes in an American-style institution in Lebanon. Data were collected through unstructured interviews, non-participant observations and questionnaires. Main findings show that faculties are unaware that they code-switch contrary to what non-participant observations showed. The surveys revealed that students code-switch to learn better and that their faculty code-switch in class. Recommendations to raise awareness of this phenomenon in bi/multilingual academic contexts are made.PublishedN/A2015-12-01T14:46:07Z2015-12-01T14:46:07Z20142015-12-01Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article0965-8416http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2751http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09658416.2013.828735Bahous, R. N., Nabhani, M. B., & Bacha, N. N. (2014). Code-switching in higher education in a multilingual environment: a Lebanese exploratory study. Language Awareness, 23(4), 353-368.http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09658416.2013.828735enLanguage Awarenessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/27512022-08-19T09:52:25Z
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url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09658416.2013.828735
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09658416.2013.828735