Spanish Literacy and the Academic Success of Latino High School Students: Codeswitching as a Classroom Resource  

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Nichols, Patricia C. ; Colon, Manuel

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Foreign Language Annals (Full Text; di PROQUEST 2004 - terbaru) vol. 33 no. 5 (2000), page 498-511.
Fulltext: 33_05_Nichols.pdf (1.45MB)

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Bilingual Latino high school students who studied Spanish as an academic subject demonstrated a heightened awareness of how to use their two languages as complementary resources in school and professional settings. A case study traces one student’s literacy development in Spanish over four years and her ability to use it as a resource in her development of academic English in a college setting. Analysis of videotaped classroom presentations illustrates how an instructor’s acceptance of student codes-witching, along with his selective use of code-switching in his own interaction with students, created an academic environment that validated students’ home language patterns but at the same time maintained Spanish as the classroom norm. Students’ performance on national Spanish language tests, as well as their enrollment in college preparatory classes, suggest areas for further research on high school retention and preparation for post secondary education.

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