South Korean High School English Teachers' Code Switching: Questions and Challenges in the Drive for Maximal Use of English in Teaching

• Published in: TESOL quarterly Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 605 - 638
• Main Authors: Liu, Dilin, Ahn, Gil-Soon, Baek, Kyung-Suk, Han, Nan-Ok
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc 2004
• Subjects: Code Switching (Language); Curriculum; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Guidelines; Korean; Language of Instruction; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Secondary School Teachers; South Korea; Student Attitudes; Student Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; South Korea

This study describes classroom code-switching practices in South Korean high schools after the South Korean Ministry of Education requested that English teachers maximize their English use. The data comprised the recorded language from 13 high school English teachers' classrooms and teachers�...