Code―switching and Its Use in Seior High Schools English Teaching.docVIP

Code―switching and Its Use in Senior High Schools English Teaching 　　【Abstract】Code-switching has drawn much attention from expert in linguistics recently. The author holds that we should adopt code-switching appropriately in the English teaching activity since it can generate some positive effects. In order to illustrate that hypothesis， the method of literature research will mainly been utilized with the help of investigation and observation at some English class at Xiangtan No.1Senior High School. What’s more， interview also is adopted to find the view of teacher and student about this phenomenon. 中国论文网 /1/viewhtm　　【Key words】code-switching； English teaching； second language acquisition 　　1. Introduction 　　What the author wants to investigated is code-switching and its use in English teaching. In the author opinion， though a good language environment is very important for learners， using Chinese in English teaching activity is necessary. It can benefit learners if teacher use it appropriately. 　　In linguistics， code-switching occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages， or language varieties， in the context of a single conversation. Richards（2002）， Poplack（1980） distinguished three kinds of code-switching： Inter-sentential switching， which occurs outside the sentence or the clause level， also called “extra-sentential switching.” For example， “他说的那件事？（the thing he talks）I don’t care.” Intra-sentential switching which occurs within a sentence or a clause. Such as “记得E-mail我哦！”（Please remember e-mail me！）. Tag-switching is the switching of either a tag phrase or a word， or both， from one language to another， （common in intra-sentential switches）. Such as “它是从美国来的，you know？”（he comes from America， you know？）. Bloom and Gumerz divided it into two types according to the element of social and context： Situational code-switching and Metaphorical code-switching. The code-switching， especially used by teacher in class， belongs to the second on