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Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 32:1 (2009) ► pp.5.1–5.18

Living in two worlds

Code-switching amongst bilingual Chinese-Australian children

| Deakin University

This paper is based on an analysis of interviews, conducted at three primary schools in Melbourne, which sought to explore the determinants of code-switching between English and Chinese. Specifically, it examined school education and other specific possible determinants of code switching amongst Chinese-Australian bilingual children. The specific determinants of codeswitching that emerge from this study include: the length of residence in an English speaking community; the exposure to languages in schools and family communication patterns. The nature of school education played a leading role in Chinese language maintenance for the bilingual children.

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Published online: 1 January 2009
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