Code Switching as a Communicative Strategy: A Case Study of Korean-English Bilinguals A study of the communicative and identity-related functions of code-switching within a family of a first generation Korean -English bilingual adult and two Korean-English bilingual children. By Haesook Han Chung, Defense Language Institute.

Code-switching Among Multi-lingual Learners in Primary Schools South Africa: An Exploratory Study Investigates code-switching in educational contexts within an environment of 11 official languages, among which English is perceived as the most prestigious one. It examines under what conditions children tend to switch from one language to another and points out some advantages of code-switching in teaching in a multilingual and multicultural context. S.OS. Ncoko, Gauteng Department of Education, R. Osman and K. Cockcroft, University of Witwatersrand.

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.

Codeswitching in Islamic Religious Discourse: The Role of Insha’ Allah About patterns and meanings of codeswitching between different languages, triggered by the Arabic expression Insha’Allah. By Djoko Susanto, University of Queensland, Australia.

Hablo tres idiomas: el español, el inglés y Spanglish. Diego, um informante del Studio A study of code-switching among bilingual graduate students from the Tucson area. By Cindy Ducar, University of Arizona.

“Dear Amigo”: Exploring Code-switching in Personal Letters Investigates social and stylistic functions of language alternation in written form by subjects who do not regularly code-switch orally. By Cecilia Montes-Alcalá, Emory University.