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Frontiers in Educational Research, 2020, 3(4); doi: 10.25236/FER.2020.030409.

Functions and Application of Code-Mixing and Code-Switching in a Second/Foreign Language Classroom

Author(s)

Wenwen Yang

Corresponding Author:
Wenwen Yang
Affiliation(s)

Guangzhou Huaxia Vocational Colleague, Guangzhou, China

Abstract

There is Increasing Number of People to Speak English to Communicate. There Are Many Places, Like Hong Kong, Malaysia, Learning English as a Second or Foreign Language. However, While Local People Speak Chinese or Cantonese in Their Daily Life, They Express Their Own Ideas with Some Words of English in a Sentence. This is a Phenomenon of Code-Mixing and Code-Switching. Can They Be Used to Teach to Make Knowledge More Clear in a Second/Foreign Language Classroom? What’s the Function and Implement of Code-Mixing and Code-Switching? Therefore, Several Parts Including Definitions, Functions and Usage of Pedagogy Perspective Will Be Presented within This Paper.

Keywords

Code; code-mixing; Code-switching; Second/foreign language; Teaching; Function; Implement

Cite This Paper

Wenwen Yang. Functions and Application of Code-Mixing and Code-Switching in a Second/Foreign Language Classroom. Frontiers in Educational Research (2020) Vol. 3 Issue 4: 38-40. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2020.030409.

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