Blog 15 Research question

1. What role does codeswitching play in the classroom  and how does it affect student literacy?
2. What connections are made between teacher performance and  student identities when code switching is used in the classroom and how does it affect student learning?

So my paper is off to a late start and a change of topic is leaving me quite stumped in what is my research paper question. I am researching the connections teachers make with students when they use code switching in the classroom as a means of communication and how does it affect student learning. In this sense code switching is the use of black english/spanglish wich is a deviance from the typical standard english that teachers are expected to speak and teach their students. Code
swithcing focuses little on language structure and more on language use, and speaking. My goal is to find the positive effects it has on student learning and how it helps teachers make connections to their students home culture. The important question is in what context is code switching used. Is it in informal settings or part of the curriculum. The focus is on minority students; my subject teaches in an urban area. I don't know if that makes the topic to broad. I want to disprove the idea that the use of  code switching or black english is correlated with low achievement or low standards for students. Student are still capable of learning the same basic skills as any other student or non minority.
Here are some questions I will ask:

What is your:

Occupation?

Race?
Educational background?
Family life?
How were you influenced by literacy as a young child?
Where do you work/teach?
How did make the decision to teach at this program?
What type of student do have in your program?
 Are you familiar with code-switching?
Is code switching part of your teaching repertoire/ and where do you use it in the curriculum?
How do you make decisions about you are going to use black English in the classroom?
Does code-switching help you make connections to your students?
Does code switching help your students identify with you?
What connections are made between black speaking attitudes and underachievement, poverty, and low expectations by teachers?
Does a teacher’s negative attitude toward black language negatively affect student achievement?
When and where is code switching acceptable?
During your teaching instruction what did u or did you learn about standard english and it’s use in the AA community?
Do your students meet all the basic learning standards for the school curriculum?