What Is Code-Switching? Code-switching is a linguistics term for the practice of tailoring our language to our social context, like speaking only Spanish at home and only English at school.

Examples of code-switching under pressure include "cover [ing] up traditional tattoos — like Inuit kakiniit or Maori ta moko — to fit in with others," letting people use a nickname instead of ...

In this article, the bilingual speech of members of Spanish, Portuguese, and Algerian communities in France is examined. After having conducted a systematic inventory of all the instances of ...

Examples of code-switching under pressure include "cover [ing] up traditional tattoos — like Inuit kakiniit or Maori ta moko — to fit in with others," letting people use a nickname instead of ...

DETROIT – Code-switching is defined as the ability to switch between languages in a single conversation. For example, you may speak more casually at home than you do at work. But for Black ...

Letters: Should Code-Switching Be Taught in Schools? Readers respond to a profile of one professor’s quest to change the way we teach young speakers of African-American English.

A professor at the University of Texas San Antonio designed a college course based around episodes of the Code Switch podcast! In it, her students learned how to have tough conversations about ...

What is Code Switch? Code Switch is a multi-racial, multi-generational team of NPR journalists who cover race and identity. Our work appears on the weekly Code Switch podcast and radio show, as ...