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

The examples above show that the humour is important so that the students will not be
bored of the lessons: T20-U1-L kalau murid dapat salah saya ketuk kepala awak,
T24-U1-L if you see a girl you must know her name kalau tak kenal mana boleh tak cinta
and T27-U13-L paper cutter the girls tertarik dengan nutcracker next class we will
continue boleh balik sekarang. The educator code-switches at sentence level.
4.5.5 Time Constraint
Acronym was used by the bilingual educator L to save time.
L :
for your PMR examination you need to study 27 chapters/ questions can
come out from any of the 27 chapters/ ( T20-U1-L )
The bilingual educator L used the acronym PMR because students already know the
meaning of PMR. The example is PMR T20-U1-L.
4.5.6 Habitual reasons
Bilingual educator L code-switch because of habitual reasons.
L : ayam makan mentah/ no need to cook/ you like to eat ikan yang mentah/
ayam yang mentah/ suka makan?/ ( T16-U7-L )
L : / so waktu siang sea breeze/ ( T17-U3-L )
L : during day time what colour baju you must wear?/ ( T18-U1-L )
L : the following week subjective paper/ before cuti Raya/ cuti Deepavali/ cuti
sekolah / PMR/ esok mula/ ( T25-U1-L )
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