Chapter 6. How Bilingual Children Talk: Strategic Codeswitching Among Children in Dual Language Programs

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Contributors ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. Teachers’ Use of the First Language in French Immersion: Revisiting a Core Principle 15
7. Chapter 2. Teacher Use of Codeswitching in the Second Language Classroom: Exploring ‘Optimal’ Use 35
8. Chapter 3. Codeswitching in Computermediated Communication: Linguistic and Interpersonal Dimensions of Cross-National Discourse between School Learners of French and English 50
9. Chapter 4. Target Language Use in English Classes in Hungarian Primary Schools 66
10. Chapter 5. Forms and Functions of Codeswitching by Dual Immersion Students: A Comparison of Heritage Speaker and L2 Children 87
11. Chapter 6. How Bilingual Children Talk: Strategic Codeswitching Among Children in Dual Language Programs 115
12. Chapter 7. Teacher and Student Use of the First Language in Foreign Language Classroom Interaction: Functions and Applications 131
13. Chapter 8. Building Meaning Through Code Choice in Second Language Learner Interaction: A D/discourse Analysis and Proposals for Curriculum Design and Teaching 145
14. Chapter 9. The Impact of Pedagogical Materials on Critical Language Awareness: Assessing Student Attention to Patterns of Language Use 163
15. Chapter 10. Concluding Refl ections: Moving Forward 182
16. Notes 187
17. References 193