Language proficiency and diversity in students’ attitudes towards code-switching: a case study of English as a foreign language classrooms in Italian tertiary education
By relying on a mixed-method approach consisting of a combination of various quantitative and qualitative techniques of data collection and processing, this article delves into the attitudes towards code switching (CS), as expressed by students attending English language and English linguistics cour...
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| description | By relying on a mixed-method approach consisting of a combination of various quantitative and qualitative techniques of data collection and processing, this article delves into the attitudes towards code switching (CS), as expressed by students attending English language and English linguistics courses at two Italian universities. Data are retrieved by means of a questionnaire, submitted to 297 students in total and including both closed- and open-ended questions. Based on concepts such as those of conversational loci, or CS functions – namely academic, managerial and social, all well-rooted in the literature – this article also aims at establishing a link between students’ attitudes and their respective proficiency level in English according to the CEFR. Despite managing to establish that teacher CS is not felt to have a negative impact on their language skills, the data gathered reveal diverse attitudes, also in relation to the specific functions examined. In the conclusion, possible pedagogical implications of classroom CS are proposed and assessed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-464baa4f9905498c900879e1276869f32025-01-03T00:25:03ZengUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaRevista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas1886-24381886-62982024-07-011910411910.4995/rlyla.2024.2080519998Language proficiency and diversity in students’ attitudes towards code-switching: a case study of English as a foreign language classrooms in Italian tertiary educationAntonella Luporini0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3312-394XAntonella Giacosa1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0914-2772Cristiano Furiassi2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2147-6975University of BolognaUniversity of TurinUniversity of Turin By relying on a mixed-method approach consisting of a combination of various quantitative and qualitative techniques of data collection and processing, this article delves into the attitudes towards code switching (CS), as expressed by students attending English language and English linguistics courses at two Italian universities. Data are retrieved by means of a questionnaire, submitted to 297 students in total and including both closed- and open-ended questions. Based on concepts such as those of conversational loci, or CS functions – namely academic, managerial and social, all well-rooted in the literature – this article also aims at establishing a link between students’ attitudes and their respective proficiency level in English according to the CEFR. Despite managing to establish that teacher CS is not felt to have a negative impact on their language skills, the data gathered reveal diverse attitudes, also in relation to the specific functions examined. In the conclusion, possible pedagogical implications of classroom CS are proposed and assessed.https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/rdlyla/article/view/20805code-switchingeflacademic functionmanagerial functionsocial functionproficiency |
| spellingShingle | Antonella Luporini Antonella Giacosa Cristiano Furiassi Language proficiency and diversity in students’ attitudes towards code-switching: a case study of English as a foreign language classrooms in Italian tertiary education Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas code-switching efl academic function managerial function social function proficiency |
| title | Language proficiency and diversity in students’ attitudes towards code-switching: a case study of English as a foreign language classrooms in Italian tertiary education |
| title_full | Language proficiency and diversity in students’ attitudes towards code-switching: a case study of English as a foreign language classrooms in Italian tertiary education |
| title_fullStr | Language proficiency and diversity in students’ attitudes towards code-switching: a case study of English as a foreign language classrooms in Italian tertiary education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Language proficiency and diversity in students’ attitudes towards code-switching: a case study of English as a foreign language classrooms in Italian tertiary education |
| title_short | Language proficiency and diversity in students’ attitudes towards code-switching: a case study of English as a foreign language classrooms in Italian tertiary education |
| title_sort | language proficiency and diversity in students attitudes towards code switching a case study of english as a foreign language classrooms in italian tertiary education |
| topic | code-switching efl academic function managerial function social function proficiency |
| url | https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/rdlyla/article/view/20805 |
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