Tag Archives: Code Mixing

Blogging Carnival on Bilingualism, April

Dear all, here we are for another Carnival. The family of bloggers involved is growing really nicely and this is really contributing to creating a debate on bilingualism and sharing ideas, doubts, tips and tricks. Most of all I think we can all feel less lonely on our journey, and that is of tremendous help when [...]

5 ways to react when Bilingual Children mix languages

Does your child start a sentence with one langue and finish it with another? Yes, that happens a lot, but what this really means strongly depends on how you react to that. If you think you just react normal, keep reading, there are at least 5 different ways of reacting normal, they are all normal, [...]

Code Mixing and Code Switching in Bilingual Children (and Families)

Code Switching and Code Mixing refer to similar, yet very different, ways of mixing languages. Code Switching happens when a person that speaks two languages mixes them, or say borrows words from one language, to be clearer and more effective in his/her communication.