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Code-Switching—Supporting the Transition from Home Speech to School-based Writing

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Code-Switching-Supporting the Transition from Home Speech to School-based Writing

Posted: June, 2009

Run Time: 35:39

David West Brown (In Other Words) and Rebecca Wheeler (Code-Switching) clarify what code-switching is with illustrations from literature and student work. Then they discuss ways of teaching writing and responding to it that help students transition from home-speech patterns to Standard English conventions.

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