The Impact of Regional Differences on Elementary School Teachers' Attitudes Towards Their Students' Use of Code Switching in a South Texas School District

This study focused on investigating whether the teachers' geographical distribution influences their attitudes towards their students¿ use of code switching. The study was guided by the following research question: Are there differences between teachers¿ opinions of the north elementary schools...

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Autores: Guadalupe Nancy Nava Gómez, Hilda García
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Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
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language shift
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spelling The Impact of Regional Differences on Elementary School Teachers' Attitudes Towards Their Students' Use of Code Switching in a South Texas School DistrictGuadalupe Nancy Nava GómezHilda GarcíaEducaciónCodemixingcode switchinglanguage shiftlanguage maintenanceThis study focused on investigating whether the teachers' geographical distribution influences their attitudes towards their students¿ use of code switching. The study was guided by the following research question: Are there differences between teachers¿ opinions of the north elementary schools and teachers¿ opinions of the south elementary schools, which are predominantly Hispanic, towards their students¿ use of code switching? If so, why? A twenty-item structured survey was utilized. The population consisted of 279 elementary school teachers at seven Northern and seven Southern schools in the same South Texas region. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics. Findings showed thatSouthern teachers had more prejudices towards code switching than those from the North, who weremore receptive to this socio-cultural and linguistic phenomenon due to the ethnic makeup of their classrooms.Universidad Nacional de Colombia2012info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdf1657-0790https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=169224317005Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development (Colombia) Num.1 Vol.14reponame:Redalyc-UAEMEXinstname:Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Méxicoinstacron:UAEMEXenhttp://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1692Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Developmentinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:redalyc.org:1692243170052025-09-09T00:36:21Z
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title The Impact of Regional Differences on Elementary School Teachers' Attitudes Towards Their Students' Use of Code Switching in a South Texas School District
spellingShingle The Impact of Regional Differences on Elementary School Teachers' Attitudes Towards Their Students' Use of Code Switching in a South Texas School District
Guadalupe Nancy Nava Gómez
Educación
Code
mixing
code switching
language shift
language maintenance
title_short The Impact of Regional Differences on Elementary School Teachers' Attitudes Towards Their Students' Use of Code Switching in a South Texas School District
title_full The Impact of Regional Differences on Elementary School Teachers' Attitudes Towards Their Students' Use of Code Switching in a South Texas School District
title_fullStr The Impact of Regional Differences on Elementary School Teachers' Attitudes Towards Their Students' Use of Code Switching in a South Texas School District
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Regional Differences on Elementary School Teachers' Attitudes Towards Their Students' Use of Code Switching in a South Texas School District
title_sort The Impact of Regional Differences on Elementary School Teachers' Attitudes Towards Their Students' Use of Code Switching in a South Texas School District
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Guadalupe Nancy Nava Gómez
Hilda García
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Hilda García
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Code
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code switching
language shift
language maintenance
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Code
mixing
code switching
language shift
language maintenance
description This study focused on investigating whether the teachers' geographical distribution influences their attitudes towards their students¿ use of code switching. The study was guided by the following research question: Are there differences between teachers¿ opinions of the north elementary schools and teachers¿ opinions of the south elementary schools, which are predominantly Hispanic, towards their students¿ use of code switching? If so, why? A twenty-item structured survey was utilized. The population consisted of 279 elementary school teachers at seven Northern and seven Southern schools in the same South Texas region. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics. Findings showed thatSouthern teachers had more prejudices towards code switching than those from the North, who weremore receptive to this socio-cultural and linguistic phenomenon due to the ethnic makeup of their classrooms.
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