Code Switching

I thought it was interesting what Zentella spoke about how the city was trying to let the Puerto Rican community to be known for Spanish, but yet the people "are referring to 'Spanglish' as a positive way of identifying their switching."  Its a great skill and the youth have a reason to be proud to switch languages.   

It's interesting that the children changed languages depending on who they were addressing, for respect.  A buddy of mine who has English as a second language was saying that even when he is listening to someone speak, he actually translate the English automatically to Bosnian to understand it more.  

When Zentella was talking about as the second generation comes along the more Americanized they become and it made me think about what we discussed in class before about there are grandchildren that can't talk to their grandparents.  

Code switching can almost be related to slang in a way.  As we read it depends on the majority of the block "el bloque" and what the rest of the children are doing as some of the conversations pointed out.  I totally agree with Zentella in her conclusion that using the two languages made the people feel they belong to both communities, connecting with different cultures.