CHAPTER 1 1.0 Introduction - DSpace@UM - University of Malaya

questionnaire was then distributed to the educators. The questionnaire was used by the
researcher to identify the reasons for code-switching by the educators.
The questionnaire that was distributed to the educators has two main parts. Appendix
Part A is a Survey Questionnaire for Pilot Study while Appendix B is simply Survey
Questionnaire. Appendix Part B includes language in use, and Appendix Part C and D
consist of Interview and Transcription of the data.
3.6.3 Interview
Further more, the researcher conducted an interview session with the educators to
determine the various reasons why code-swtching occurred in teaching. These
questions were asked after the recording of 31 tapes. The researcher also interviewed
other teachers who taught mathematics in the lower secondary schools. The researcher
wanted to know if other educators were facing the same problems when teaching the
subjects in the English language.
3.7 Data Analysis
The steps below indicate the way the research was carried out for the analysis:
The data was examined for instances of code-switching by the bilingual educators -
when a Malay language unit be it a word, a phrase, a clause or even a sentence was
unintentionally inserted into an English utterance while teaching the science subject.
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