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Why code-switching makes others uncomfortable

I code-switch constantly between English and Spanish without thinking and my colleagues look at me like I am broken or confused.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The natural fluidity of bilingual expression threatens monolingual worldviews that demand linguistic purity and fixed identity.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Second language acquisition theory?”

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