Code switching

This is an explanation of why people use code switching, an introduction to types of code switching with examples, and suggestions for teachers teaching a foreign or second language.

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Rather than indicating a lack of ability, or laziness, code-switching is usually a sophisticated linguistic tool! Here's what you need to know.

It's all about the subtle changes of behaviour that help you blend in.

Code-switching or language mixing as it is sometimes referred to is the use of more than one language in a word, sentence or discussion. For example, my daughter says things like: C'est meine Präsens. J'ai oublié de abspullen. Maman, elle va préparer le banho. C'est bonita. It is often believed that code-switching is a bad thing. Most people think that they do it because their brain is lazy or they can't think of the word in the other language or that they are just not proficient enough in…

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Code-switching definition: the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse. See examples of CODE-SWITCHING used in a sentence.

Pretty much everyone shifts between different languages or ways of speaking in different context. From hundreds of stories you sent us, here are some of the common motivations behind it.

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Code-switching is a practice that people from marginalized groups engage in to assimilate to another culture. Learn what it is and why it happens.