Revisiting Code-switching and its Relationship to Culture: Implications for English Language teaching in the Philipine Context Examines how code-switching can contribute to what author calls “cultural competence” by taking into consideration communicative functions and contextual factors which can lead to code-switching, and embedded values, norms and ideologies that are put to work through its use in the media. The paper also considers language policies, language teaching and the design of English language teaching material in a bilingual context. By Paolo Niño M. Valdez, Philippine Normal University.