ERIC Number: EJ1035465
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Publication Date: 2014
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"Do They Even Know That They Do It?": Exploring Awareness of Spanish-English Code-Switching in a Sixth-Grade English Language Arts Classroom
Martínez, Ramón Antonio
Bilingual Research Journal, v37 n2 p195-210 2014
This article draws on scholarship in educational and linguistic anthropology to explore awareness of Spanish-English code-switching among bilingual Chicana/o and Latina/o students in a sixth-grade English Language Arts classroom. Analysis of qualitative data gathered via participant observation, video/audio recording, and semistructured interviews reveals that students articulated practical and discursive forms of awareness and that these forms of awareness were also sometimes embodied in their language use. It is argued that viewing awareness as a continuum affords a clearer understanding of the full range of their awareness by allowing for embodied reflections of awareness and shifts in individual speakers' awareness across contexts.
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Spanish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Code Switching (Language), Educational Anthropology, Anthropological Linguistics, Language Arts, Hispanic American Students, Qualitative Research, Participant Observation, Semi Structured Interviews, Video Technology, Audio Equipment, Middle Schools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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