English, Spanish, and Code-Switching Use in the ESL Classroom: An Ethnographic Study.

Brice, Alejandro; Mastin, Marla; Perkins, Carol

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ERIC Number: EJ568606

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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English, Spanish, and Code-Switching Use in the ESL Classroom: An Ethnographic Study.

Brice, Alejandro; Mastin, Marla; Perkins, Carol

Journal of Children's Communication Development, v19 n2 p11-20 Spr 1998

This qualitative study in an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) elementary classroom examined teacher and student functional uses of language, particularly code-switching and code-mixing use. Results found that, of the instances of code-switching and code-mixing observed, none were grammatically inappropriate for either English, Spanish, or the combined switched/mixed language form. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Code Switching (Language), Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Grammar, Limited English Speaking, Spanish, Spanish Speaking

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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