The Implementation of Code-meshing in College English Writing Instruction
Abstract
English academic writing has always been a tough problem for Chinese college students, who have reached high level of cognitive ability while are still equipped with limited English proficiency. Code-meshing, as a translanguaging practice, can be employed in classrooms as a teaching and learning tool to help better express themselves, and thus improve students’ English writing proficiency.References
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