Factors Associated with the Code Mixing and Code Switching of Multilingual Children: An Overview
Factors Associated with the Code Mixing and Code Switching of Multilingual Children: An Overview

Summary/Abstract: Code mixing and code switching are useful strategies for the multilingual speakers and they use them to succeed their communication,depending on the situation and their interlocutors. These strategies are seen throughout this paper and the studies reviewed show that code mixing and code switching can be exceptional qualities which are employed by speakers,either at some point of their lives or continuously - especially in the case of an environment that supports multiple language use. The individual characteristics of the speakers, their language environment, the social status of their languages as well as the everyday usage of them, are all factors that may influence the mechanisms of code mixing and code switching and should betaken into consideration by the teaching and the pedagogic community as children need to feel assured that their languages are all appreciated and taken into consideration. This can improve not only their language learning results but also their general learning career.

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