Date:
May 2000
Page No.:
69
Writer(s):
Yuri Hosoda, Temple University, Japan
Language teachers' use of their students'na tive language during second/foreign
instruction is often viewed negatively, even by the teachers themselves. However,
teachers'oc casional codeswitching between the target language and their students'
L1 may have some positive effects.Th e present study analyzes the codeswitching
of a] apanese teacher in one EFL classroom.T he data shows that the teacher's
codeswitching into the students' L1 not only performed a number of social
functions, but also played an important interactional role.
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