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- Title
Teachers' Perceptions and Use of Code-Switching in Core ESL Classes in Quebec Elementary Schools.
- Authors
Mireya Garcia Cortés, Olga; Parks, Susan
- Abstract
This study explores the code-switching practices of five core ESL teachers from the elementary grades in Quebec francophone schools. Through a fine-grained emic analysis of the teachers' reasons for code-switching, the study illuminates how they variously used French as a resource to fulfil their institutional roles as teachers. In addition, the study shed light on how strategies as a pedagogical resource were variously used by teachers to maximize the use of English. Considering the elementary level of language proficiency of the students, the present study underscores Carless's contention that the teacher's experiences, beliefs, and competencies may be a more significant factor than the students' language level for target language use. However, it also draws attention to how contextual factors constrain teachers' ability to maximize the L2 in line with their beliefs and the requirements of the provincial ESL curriculum.
- Subjects
CODE switching (Linguistics); TEACHER attitudes; ENGLISH as a foreign language; EDUCATION of French-Canadians; LANGUAGE ability; TEACHER competencies; ENGLISH language education for foreign speakers in elementary schools
- Publication
Canadian Modern Language Review, 2019, Vol 75, Issue 1, p23
- ISSN
0008-4506
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3138/cmlr.2017-0099