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- Title
Socialized Patterns of Discourse: Language Choice in Teachers' Talk.
- Authors
Gulzar, Malik Ajmal; Qadir, Samina A.
- Abstract
Apart from the negative perceptions of code-switching, teachers' code-switching (hereinafter CS) whether in classroom discourse or socializing discourse serves a variety of pedagogical purposes. So far, no empirical studies on code-switching related to socializing discourse in the EFL classrooms are conducted in Pakistan. On the whole, however, there seems to be a lack of awareness on the part of Pakistani teachers about the significance of code-switching for socializing discourse. This paper tries to identify the reasons for code-switching by observing how and why teachers' code-switch and what specific pedagogical functions code-switching serves in socializing discourse. In the socialized patterns of CS, a teacher switches his/her code to talk in the domain of informal discourse such as code-switching for showing intimacy, distance, reproach, and for sense of belonging. Keeping in view the significance of interactional patterns/behaviours in the study, the researchers decided to conduct an in-depth study into the teachers' code-switching behavior in the EFL classrooms without disturbing the natural discourse of the classroom. For this purpose, the reasons for teachers' socialized patterns of CS were investigated by using an ethnographic design. The data were collected from a series of Diploma TEFL lectures presented by different resource persons/teachers. Teachers' socialized patterns of code-switching were identified and, then, transcribed. Analysis of the data shows that, in most cases, code switching by the teachers served different kind of pedagogical purposes. This paper, although preliminary in nature, can help arrive a better understanding of teachers' socialized pattern of code-switching. Further, it can also assist in getting appropriate insights into the interactional patterns between teachers and students for socializing discourse. Finally, suggestions about the teachers' use of code-switching related to socializing discourse have been provided.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; CODE switching (Linguistics); TEACHERS; ENGLISH as a foreign language; INTIMACY (Psychology); PAKISTANIS
- Publication
Kashmir Journal of Language Research, 2010, Vol 13, Issue 2, p29
- ISSN
1028-6640
- Publication type
Article