having my say

I am really interested in looking at how teachers broach the issue of code switching in their classrooms, if they do at all, and the implications of this such as: How do students feel from dom. and non-dom. discoruses when issues of code swtiching are discussed? My secondary sources discuss the "why" of different discoureses and sometimes the "how", but not so much the "who." Meaning how code switching affects a student's sense of identity and their conception of themselves as individuals and as part of a group in the class. This is the subject matter I want to focus on, namely- how do students deal with code switching? How can the teacher handle it so that students always retain their sense of identity and competance while at the same time challenging them to see the world through a more complicated lens (meaning that there is not just ONE right way to speak or write). My research will fill this gap by getting one on one face time with teachers and studnets who deal with this everyday.