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Students' Perceptions of Code-Switching in Natural Sciences Classrooms: A South African Perspective
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Grobler, Rina – Africa Education Review, 2018
Although South Africa is a multilingual country with 11 official languages, English dominates as the language of teaching and instruction in almost all schools. In addition to this, the Natural Sciences teachers at the school of study were cautioned not to use code-switching because the school policy states that the medium of instruction should be…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Code Switching (Language), Natural Sciences, Language of Instruction