Birkbeck Explains: What is code-switching?

Professor Penelope Gardner-Chloros explains what is meant by code-switching - the practice of alternating between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a single conversation - and when and why people might do it.

Find out more about Applied Linguistics and Communication at Birkbeck: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/linguistics

Professor Gardner-Chloros currently teaches on the following modules:
BA Linguistics and Languages/ BA Linguistics and Culture
• Language and Society
• Language and Mind
• Language and Communication
• Introduction to Linguistics
• Introduction to Meaning
• Approaches to Language
• Multilingualism and Multiculturalism

BA French Studies
• Langue et communication

MA in Gender, Race and Culture
• Language and Gender

MA in European Cultures
• Linguistic Issues in Europe

MA in Applied Linguistics/Intercultural Communication for Business and Professions
• Sociolinguistics
• Bilingualism

MA Research Seminars
• Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
• Introduction to Applied Linguistics

MA Social Sciences
• Masterclass on 'Analysing Language'