RASONS OR TH TACHRS? USS O COD-SWITCHING IN ADULT L CLASSROOMS

Abstract

<p style="text-align:justify">The current study investigated the acts of code-switching by teachers in L classrooms in the nglish Preparatory School of a private university in North Cyprus. With a sociolinguistic perspective, four different teachers? (two bilinguals, one native speaker of Turkish and one native speaker of nglish) classroom interactions were audio-recorded and analysed. ollow-up playback sessions were also conducted to tap into the teachers? perspectives on their own use of code-switching in the classroom. The results of the analysis revealed that all of the teachers code-switched for different purposes and they all believed that it was an effective tool to enhance learning when employed carefully.</p>