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An observation account from EFL/ESL dyads: code-switching and willingness to communicate

This paper reports a small part of the findings of a larger study which cross-culturally explored and comparatively examined the dynamics of collaboration between Iranian and Malaysian homogeneous dyads during performing collaborative writing tasks. The findings related to the amount of code-switchi...

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Main Authors: Amirkhiz, Seyed Yasin Yazdi, Abu Bakar, Kamariah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Australian International Academic Centre 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14962/1/14962.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14962/
http://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJELS/article/view/241
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spelling my.upm.eprints.149622019-05-08T07:44:34Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14962/ An observation account from EFL/ESL dyads: code-switching and willingness to communicate Amirkhiz, Seyed Yasin Yazdi Abu Bakar, Kamariah This paper reports a small part of the findings of a larger study which cross-culturally explored and comparatively examined the dynamics of collaboration between Iranian and Malaysian homogeneous dyads during performing collaborative writing tasks. The findings related to the amount of code-switching as well as the amount of falling back on the researcher for language-related assistance in each of the dyads are reported. It was found that while resorting to L1 and willingness to communicate with the researcher was next to nothing in Malaysian dyads, the Iranians had a considerably higher tendency towards using their own language and referring to the researcher for language-related help. The findings are discussed in relation with the previous findings in the related literature. Australian International Academic Centre 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14962/1/14962.pdf Amirkhiz, Seyed Yasin Yazdi and Abu Bakar, Kamariah (2014) An observation account from EFL/ESL dyads: code-switching and willingness to communicate. International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies, 2 (1). pp. 82-85. ISSN 2202-9478 http://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJELS/article/view/241 10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.2n.1p.82
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description This paper reports a small part of the findings of a larger study which cross-culturally explored and comparatively examined the dynamics of collaboration between Iranian and Malaysian homogeneous dyads during performing collaborative writing tasks. The findings related to the amount of code-switching as well as the amount of falling back on the researcher for language-related assistance in each of the dyads are reported. It was found that while resorting to L1 and willingness to communicate with the researcher was next to nothing in Malaysian dyads, the Iranians had a considerably higher tendency towards using their own language and referring to the researcher for language-related help. The findings are discussed in relation with the previous findings in the related literature.
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author Amirkhiz, Seyed Yasin Yazdi
Abu Bakar, Kamariah
spellingShingle Amirkhiz, Seyed Yasin Yazdi
Abu Bakar, Kamariah
An observation account from EFL/ESL dyads: code-switching and willingness to communicate
author_facet Amirkhiz, Seyed Yasin Yazdi
Abu Bakar, Kamariah
author_sort Amirkhiz, Seyed Yasin Yazdi
title An observation account from EFL/ESL dyads: code-switching and willingness to communicate
title_short An observation account from EFL/ESL dyads: code-switching and willingness to communicate
title_full An observation account from EFL/ESL dyads: code-switching and willingness to communicate
title_fullStr An observation account from EFL/ESL dyads: code-switching and willingness to communicate
title_full_unstemmed An observation account from EFL/ESL dyads: code-switching and willingness to communicate
title_sort observation account from efl/esl dyads: code-switching and willingness to communicate
publisher Australian International Academic Centre
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14962/1/14962.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14962/
http://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJELS/article/view/241
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