Publications

Publication details [#58038]

Camilleri Grima, Antoinette and Hertian Gauci. 2013. Codeswitching as a tool in teaching Italian in Malta. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 16 (5) : 615–631.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | code-switching | foreign language teaching | language of instruction | teacher

Language as a subject

Italian | Maltese

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Teachers perceive codeswitching to L1 Maltese in Italian as a foreign language classrooms as a pedagogical tool to increase language learning in younger and poor learners, but caution is required when employing the L1 with more proficient learners.