Research Article

Code-switching as a Conversational Lubricant in the Literature Classrooms: An Explanatory Study Based on the Opine of Fijian High School ESL Teachers

Authors

  • Ravnil Narayan Lecturer, School of Communication, Languages and Literature, Fiji National University, Ba Campus, Fiji Islands
  • Maurine Kuar Assistant Lecturer, School of Communication, Languages and Literature, Fiji National University, Nadi Campus, Fiji Islands

Abstract

Code-switching in multicultural and multilingual classrooms is a highly acceptable phenomenon that has a repertoire of attributions in a country like Fiji, where English is taught as a compulsory second language (ESL). Naturally, the knowledge of literary code-switching can be considered distinguishable from general code-switching because it is used as a writing tool by the authors of literary texts. As the worldwide changes in teaching ESL methodologies, techniques and strategies concomitants with English Language Teaching (ELT), code-switching is equally considered as the part of a teaching tool that ought to posit effective learning. Presently, this study seeks to discuss the metadiscourse analysis of code-switching by teachers of English literature in the Fijian high school ESL classrooms. The paper intends to give a broader spectrum to the explicit purposes behind teachers' code-switching and their attitudes. This research has adopted one instrument for data collection due to the current pandemic, and it was through an online structured research questionnaire. In totality, twenty-five high school ESL teachers were used as samples from selected high schools between Nadi to Ba corridor. It is envisaged that findings should complement the reasons for code-switching, such as during simple classroom communication in literature classes, elucidating abstract contents, interpreting and introducing unversed terminologies. The research has applied the rudiments of the mixed-method research approach for authentic data collection and analysis of the study.

Article information

Journal

International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation

Volume (Issue)

5 (1)

Pages

157-172

Published

2022-01-23

How to Cite

Narayan, R., & Kuar, M. (2022). Code-switching as a Conversational Lubricant in the Literature Classrooms: An Explanatory Study Based on the Opine of Fijian High School ESL Teachers. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, 5(1), 157–172. https://doi.org/10.32996/ijllt.2022.5.1.20

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Keywords:

Code-switching, literature, sociolinguistics, English language teaching (ELT) discourse analysis, bilingualism, multilingualism