Adept Becoming at Code-Switching
Click to edit Master subtitle Presented By: style Kelly Stevens
By: Rebecca S. Wheeler
What is Code Switching?
Code-switching is a term in linguistics referring to using more than one language or dialect in conversation.
Becoming Adept at Code-Switching
Classroom Scenario
2nd grade student (African American), can neither read or write Talked to 1st grade teacher "can't do anything with that child" "put her in a corner with a coloring book"
1st Grade teacher saw "broken English" and equated that to "broken child"
Becoming Adept at Code-Switching
Linguistic Insight
Many teachers not equipped to respond to African American learners "Traditional" correction methods fail to teach these students. Negative attitudes about dialects, lower expectations = lower academic achievement
Becoming Adept at Code-Switching
Research from Linguists, finds:
Students are not making errors, but are speaking or writing correctly following the language patterns of their communities.
Three Strategies (For Teachers) That lead can students through the critical thinking process and understand and apply grammar
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Scientific Inquiry Comparison and Contrast Code-Switching as Metacognition
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1. Scientific Inquiry
Research has revealed over 30 Informal grammar patterns that appear in students' writing. ex. Subject-verb agreement
Mama walk the dog every day.
ex . Showing past time
Mama walk the dog yesterday.
1. Scientific Inquiry (cont.)
Examine sentences. Seek patterns. Define patterns. Test the hypothesis Write Informal English pattern.
2. Comparison and Contrast
Teacher applies comparison & contrast This helps build students' existing grammar knowled...