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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‘Code Switching’ refers to the act of changing the way you behave due to the rules, or code, of the current environment. Being a student is hard. But, being a student learning from multiple teachers is even harder. For every teacher’s classroom that a student enters, they must swap out their current code of operation before entering the new…

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.

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Typically defined in linguistics as a mixing of languages and speech patterns in conversation, code-switching has been a feature in many multicultural families

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News flash: Correcting nonstandard dialects doesn't really help students learn to speak or write in formal English. So should teachers just let kids talk (and write) how they want?