Code-Meshing as World English: Pedagogy, Policy, Performance

by Aja Y. Martinez

Book Overview

Although linguists have traditionally viewed code-switching as the simultaneous use of two language varieties in a single context, scholars and teachers of English have appropriated the term to argue for teaching minority students to monitor their languages and dialects according to context. For advocates of code-switching, teaching students to distinguish between "home language" and "school language" offers a solution to the tug-of-war between standard...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814107001
• ISBN13: 9780814107003
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"