Chinese University Students' Attitudes Toward Chinese-English Classroom Code-Switching

Hong Liu, Rining Wei*

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Abstract

This study investigates students' attitudes towards classroom code-switching (CS) between Chinese and English, and how such attitudes are influenced by learning motivation and language anxiety, the two focal variables of the present study. A total of 550 students from a university in northwest China took part in an online survey. The results of quantitative analyses suggest a division of attitudes towards CS, acknowledging its usefulness but dismissing its symbolic value. Such attitudes can be predicted based on the focal learner characteristics. The implications of the findings are discussed vis-à-vis the social psychology of CS and an optimal use of CS to assist language learning and teaching.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)254-273
Number of pages20
JournalChinese Journal of Applied Linguistics
Volume45
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 May 2022

Keywords

  • attitudes
  • classroom code-switching
  • language anxiety
  • learning motivation
  • proficiency

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