There's Levels to This: Code-meshing in a Community College Classroom. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gallagher, Jamey
• Is Part Of: Journal of college reading and learning. Volume 50:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 19
• Page End: 32
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: code-meshing -- language diversity -- writing; Reading (Higher education) -- Periodicals; Reading -- Periodicals; Reading; Reading (Higher education); Electronic journals; Periodicals; 428.406
• DOI: 10.1080/10790195.2019.1693938
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1079-0195

Abstract

Abstract : This article argues that writing teachers should allow, and even encourage, students to code-mesh in community college classrooms. By looking at and analyzing code-meshed writing produced by three students in an English 101 class, the author argues that code-meshing provides students with both a craft-wise approach to writing and a way to address issues of language discrimination in a politically meaningful way. Often, articles on code-meshing seem to focus either on theoretical ideas or on the work of "advanced" students; this article provides a rare look at student work done in a community college that takes advantage of this approach to language.