Developing Children's Language Awareness: Switching Codes in the Language Classroom

Autor/in	Corcoll, Cristina
Titel	Developing Children's Language Awareness: Switching Codes in the Language Classroom
Quelle	In: International Journal of Multilingualism, 10 (2013) 1, S.27-45 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-0718
DOI	10.1080/14790718.2011.628023
Schlagwörter	Metalinguistics; Code Switching (Language); Second Language Learning; Romance Languages; Spanish; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Multilingualism; Communicative Competence (Languages); Translation; Teaching Methods; Native Language; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; Elementary School Students; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Metalanguage; Metasprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Romanische Sprache; Spanisch; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	This article examines how learning an additional language can positively affect children's opinions and feelings about languages and how this process can be enriched when different languages--namely, the additional language and the children's L1s--are present and used in the classroom in an informed way. It is hypothesised that this will benefit children as language learners and, ultimately, as learners. A qualitative and quantitative study was carried out with 25 young learners for a school term. Their L1s (Catalan and Spanish) were brought into the English classroom and activities incorporating translation and codeswitching (CS), namely the pedagogically based CS, were developed. This switching of codes was promoted by the teacher but used by the students. Based on the research results, the article concludes by describing and discussing the positive development observed in the children's language awareness and plurilingual competence. (Contains 7 tables, 1 figure and 8 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10