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ERIC Number: EJ485114
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0782
Codeswitching amongst Zulu-Speaking Teachers and Their Pupils: Its Functions and Implications for Teacher Education.
Adendorff, Ralph
Language and Education, v7 n3 p141-62 1993
The English-Zulu codeswitching behavior was studied of three senior teachers and the principal of a KwaZulu boarding school in their interactions with pupils. Switches into Zulu were shown to have important different kinds of academic and social functions in the classroom. Implications for teacher education in South Africa are discussed. (Contains 10 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: African Languages, Afrikaans, Classroom Communication, Code Switching (Language), Context Clues, Cultural Context, English, Foreign Countries, Sociolinguistics, Teacher Education, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa