Code-switching and Unbalanced Bilingualism in EFL Teachers' Discourse

YAO Ming-fa

Jun. 2021

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YAO Ming-fa. Code-switching and Unbalanced Bilingualism in EFL Teachers' Discourse[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2009, 25(3): 116-121.

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YAO Ming-fa. Code-switching and Unbalanced Bilingualism in EFL Teachers' Discourse[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2009, 25(3): 116-121.

YAO Ming-fa. Code-switching and Unbalanced Bilingualism in EFL Teachers' Discourse[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2009, 25(3): 116-121.

Citation:

YAO Ming-fa. Code-switching and Unbalanced Bilingualism in EFL Teachers' Discourse[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2009, 25(3): 116-121.

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Code-switching and Unbalanced Bilingualism in EFL Teachers' Discourse

YAO Ming-fa

Foreign Languages College Zhejiang Education Institute, Hangzhou 310012, China

Received Date: 2009-01-03
Available Online: 2021-06-28

Abstract

Abstract

Code-switching is common in EFL classroom.English teachers in Chinese context are mostly non-native speakers.They are secondary bilingual speakers.Teachers'discourse is characterized by code-switching and trans-linguistic wording.This paper first distinguishes these two characteristics, and then explores their causes and mechanism.It is concluded that code-switching and trans-linguistic wording are very common in EFL English teachers'discourse and distinctive in unbalanced bilingualism.
- code-switching,
- trans-linguistic wording,
- unbalanced bilingualism