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Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDigital Commons @ IWUJohn Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference 2009, 20th Annual JWP ConferenceApr 18th, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMCode-Switching Patterns Among Bilingual Fourth-Grade Students in Bloomington, IL: PotentialImplications for EducatorsErin Bradley, '10Illinois Wesleyan UniversityChristina Isabelli, Faculty AdvisorIllinois Wesleyan UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprcThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricular and FacultyDevelopment, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU bythe faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Erin Bradley, '10 and Christina Isabelli, Faculty Advisor, "Code-Switching Patterns Among Bilingual Fourth-GradeStudents in Bloomington, IL: Potential Implications for Educators" (April 18, 2009). John Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference. Paper 1.http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2009/oralpres5/1THE JOHN WESLEY POWELL STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE - APRIL 2009 Oral Presentation 05.1 CODE-SWITCHING PATTERNS AMONG BILINGUAL FOURTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN BLOOMINGTON, IL: POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATORS Erin Bradley and Christina Isabelli * Hispanic Studies Department, Illinois Wesleyan University With a growing Spanish-speaking population in the United States, linguistic studies related to this group become increasingly important. One aspect of linguistics with particular significance to education is code-switching, or the alternation of two languages. Understanding code­switching patterns and its use is important in assessing fluency and language acquisition, as well as language shift dynamics, or linguistic changes due to such factors as dual language contact. Drawing upon previous investigations, this study focuses specifically on the use of code­switching among bilingual fourth grade students. Through analysis of verbal interactions during a school day, this study win provide a basic assessment of the quantity and quality of code­switching utilized, as well as how the students code-switch differently among each other, with bilingual teachers, and with monolirigual English-speaking teachers. Findings of this study will also provide potential implications for educators of bilingual students. 

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