Multilingualism and Language Mixing Among Singapore University Students

Kingsley Bolton; Werner Botha

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-14386-2_3

Multilingualism and Language Mixing Among Singapore University Students

Kingsley Bolton, Werner Botha

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the dynamics of language mixing among Singaporean university students and how such mixing practices are an integral part of students’ linguistic behaviour at university, both inside and outside formal classroom contexts. The study draws on a large-scale language survey of undergraduate students, as well as qualitative language data collected at one of Singapore’s leading universities. The findings reveal how Singaporean students are able to shift between various languages inside and outside their classrooms, and may also have relevance for a range of other multilingual contexts, particularly in relation to language use in higher education.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Multilingual Education Yearbook 2019
Subtitle of host publication	Media of Instruction & Multilingual Settings
Editors	Indika Liyanage, Tony Walker
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	3
Pages	43-61
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-14386-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-14385-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14386-2_3
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Multilingual Education Yearbook
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	2522-5421
ISSN (Electronic)	2522-543X

Keywords

English-medium education
EMI
Code-mixing
Code-switching
Language mixing
Multilingualism
Translanguaging
Globalization
Singapore

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Multilingualism and Language Mixing Among Singapore University Students. / Bolton, Kingsley; Botha, Werner.
Multilingual Education Yearbook 2019: Media of Instruction & Multilingual Settings. ed. / Indika Liyanage; Tony Walker. Cham: Springer , 2019. p. 43-61 (Multilingual Education Yearbook).

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