Questions about the Code-Switching poster

What’s on the Code-Switching poster?

A definition and 6 facts worth remembering. Alternating between two or more languages within a conversation, often within a single sentence, in ways that follow systematic constraints rather than occurring at random. Switches occur at points where both grammars allow a boundary.; It requires fluency in both languages, not partial command of either.; It can mark identity, audience, topic or emphasis.; Distinct from borrowing, which is settled vocabulary.; Long stigmatised, now well established as rule-governed.; Children raised bilingually code-switch systematically from early on.; Rule-governed — yes; Sign of deficit — no; Spanglish switches follow consistent syntactic constraints; ungrammatical switch poin…. It signals competence in two systems at once, not confusion between them.

Who is the Code-Switching poster for?

Code-Switching belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning how languages work can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Code-Switching poster?

Switching follows grammatical rules. It happens at points both grammars permit. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Code-Switching belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Code-Switching?

Bilingualism, Grammatical Case and Cognates & Loanwords sit alongside Code-Switching in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.BilingualismGrammatical CaseCognates & Loanwords

Is the Code-Switching poster free to download and print?

Yes. Code-Switching downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Code-Switching poster print at?

Code-Switching is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Code-Switching loses nothing.Printing guide