What is Code-Switching

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The act of alternating between two or more languages to overcome language constraints. It can be employed by teachers to perform specific teaching purposes. Learn more in: Teachers' Code-Switching in Bilingual Primary Education: A Literary Review of its Pedagogical Functions

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The practice of shifting between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation. Learn more in: The Immanent Presence of the Home Language in the Foreign Language Classroom Under the Transformative-Holistic Pedagogical Paradigm: A Reflective and Experiential Note

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A term in linguistics that refers to abilities of multilingual individuals to alternate between languages depending on the context and their interlocutors. Learn more in: Translanguaging as a Heritage Language Maintenance Strategy

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Moving between two or more languages or language varieties within a given text or conversation. Learn more in: Embracing Grammatical Diversity Among Multilingual Language Learners Across the Disciplines

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Strategy used by bilinguals combining two different languages during conversations. Learn more in: Raising Children in Cantonese, English, and Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese) Within Non-Trilingual Families: Motivation, Attitude, and Expectations

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Alteration of one’s true self through the use of different vernacular, body language, or tone to suit the majority. Learn more in: Black Women, Emotional Intelligence, and Organizational Opportunities for Growth

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Broadly speaking, this is a strategy that enables navigation through interracial interactions involving the adjustment of the style of speech, appearance, behaviour, and expression so as to optimize the comfort of others in exchange for fair treatment, quality service, and employment opportunities. Learn more in: University Diversity Challenge: BAME Students and Small Specialist Institutions

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The practice of alternating or switching between two or more languages in a given communication for various reasons (e.g., missing word in one language, better fitting word in another language, strong cultural attachment, time saving to use shorter word[s], sounding fancier, leaving others out of the conversation, etc.), between interlocutors who belong to the same bilingual culture. Learn more in: Dealing With Language Gap in a Hungarian-English Early Childhood Classroom

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Is a systematic interchange of words, phrases, and sentences of two or more languages. Learn more in: Bilinguals' Semantic Transfer Across Languages

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Code switching occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages (or dialects or varieties of the languages) within the same conversation. Learn more in: Critical Praxis and Teacher Language Awareness: What Should Teachers Know About Students' L1?

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A change of languages or dialects from one to another during the conversation. Learn more in: Multilingualism in International Business

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Code-switching is alternating or mixing the use of two or more languages in the same discourse. Learn more in: Digital Storytelling With English Language Learning Families

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The practice of using multiple languages, dialects, or registers. Learn more in: “Bloom and Grow Forever”: Language, Identity, and Transcultural Life Stories

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Switching between different languages or dialects in conversation with different people. Learn more in: Dynamics of Translanguaging Practices

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Changing linguistic codes, often according to social norms regarding identity factors such as race, class, gender, and technological environment. Learn more in: Linguistic Diversity in the Global Classroom Both Fact and Fiction

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The act of changing between two or more languages when someone is speaking. It is a common phenomenon in bilingual speakers. Learn more in: The Adventure of Raising Kids in Spanish and English as Non-Native Anglophone Families in Spain: Parents' Perceptions Before and During the Process

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It is the ability of an individual to communicate effectively in two languages. It is also a pedagogical strategy. Learn more in: The Impact of Multilingualism on Teaching and Learning: A Case of Sesotho Home Language in One University in South Africa

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Switching or alternating between two or more codes (languages) for communication. Learn more in: What Teachers Need to Know About English Language Learners' Translanguaging in the Classroom

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A linguistic skill by which speakers of multiple languages or dialects switch between languages or dialects depending on the audience, setting, topic, and communicative intent. Speakers of NMDs are expected to acquire MAE often at the expense of their native dialect. Use of MAE by NMD speakers is posited as a prerequisite to success in various institutions, which are founded upon mainstream (i.e., white) norms. Learn more in: Critical Race Theory for Speech-Language Pathology: How Race-Conscious Practice Mitigates Disparities