Being a ‘Purist’ in Hong Kong: To Use or Not to Use Mixed Code  

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Sung, Chit Cheung Matthew

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education (Full Text) vol. 17 no. 4 (2010), page 411-419.
Topik: code-switching; mixed code; ethno-linguistics; English teaching; Hong Kong
Fulltext: Vol. 17, No. 4, December 2010, 411–419.pdf (92.8KB)

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This paper reports on my first-hand experiences of being a ‘purist’ in Hong Kong, during which time I was not allowed to use mixed code, a common discursive practice among Hongkongers in Hong Kong. I shall discuss the difficulties in using ‘pure’ English and ‘pure’ Chinese in my daily life, as well as exploring the problems I encountered when I used ‘pure’ English in teaching English to a small group of ESL students at a primary school in Hong Kong. I argue that mixed code is very much characteristic of everyday language use by most Hongkongers and represents an important marker of their ethno-linguistic identity. In relation to language teaching, I suggest that mixed code may be usefully adopted in teaching English in Hong Kong, rather than being shunned at all costs.

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