Aims: To identify
reasons why the community members of the Christian Bilingual University of
Congo code-switch from English to French and vice-versa. In addition, this
study seeks to identify different functions that the code-switching practice
has at the Christian Bilingual University of Congo.
Study Design: The
data from this study have come from the participatory observation technique
which involved the researcher participating in observing, listening, and asking
a few questions as he was immersed in different activities in order to
experience reality. The study, thus, used the qualitative approach.
Place and Duration of
Study: Department of Education, January to September 2018.
Methodology: This
study examines the purposes of code-switching and how it is used to achieve the
speaker’s communicative intents at the Bilingual Christian University of Congo.
Data were collected through participatory observation during the triadic
training activities (academics, work program and service learning) that offers
the Bilingual Christian University of Congo. In addition, data were collected
during chapel, academic meetings, professional development sessions, etc. The
data were organized according to the situation that triggered the
code-switching.
Results: The
findings show that code-switching is a style of language used at the Christian
Bilingual University of Congo that speakers employ to organize, enhance and
enrich their speech. It occurs both in formal and informal contexts of
communication.
Conclusion: The
result of this study has shown that code-switching behavior is not random nor
is it seen as a sign of linguistic deficiency or inadequacy. It is rather a
negotiation between the style of language use and the communicative intents of
the speakers.
The findings have revealed that code-switching usage at UCBC
is seen as functionally motivated behaviour. It has a discourse enhancing
functions where speakers code-switch to express solidarity and affiliation with
a particular group, to fill a linguistic or conceptual gap of the speaker; it
provides continuity in speech, it compensates for the inability of expressions,
to reiterate or emphasize a point in order to repair trouble, gap and silence
in communication.
Author(s)details:-
Mumbere Malonga
Mashauri (M.Ed TESOL)
Christian Bilingual University of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Please See the book
here :- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/cpassr/v1/574
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