Should We Use Code Switching In English Language?

If you were to compare the way we write to the way we talk, you would see such a vast divergence that some could possibly describe it as a completely different language. When talking to authority, people’s speech will be different to when they are in a conversation with friends. The Harris Academy in Upper Northwood decided to take action against the notorious impression that the use of slang creates in October 2013 when they outlawed the use of words such as ‘innit’ and ‘extra’. Their initiative? To allow students to "express themselves confidently and appropriately". Most adults are quick to demonize slang and will concur with the ban as they think that banning students from using these words will create a sense of appropriacy that will contribute positively as Standard English is the accepted dialect of professional and academic institutions. Thus they will argue that teaching them to talk judiciously

This is also referred to as code-switching. We see examples of code-switching in the transcripts. In the transcripts with the set of students talking with their friends they do not think about the content of what they are actually saying as much as they do in the transcript in the classroom discussion with an adult present. The conversation between friends is more spontaneous. I can see this because students overlap each other (probably due to enthusiasm) more often and use fillers like ‘umm’ and ‘like’. This is because without fully constructing a sentence about what they want to say, the students overlap each other to get a chance to speak, then because they still have to think about what they have to say, they use fillers to let the rest of the group know not to interrupt and that they still have a point to get across. In other words fillers are used by speakers to allow themselves time to think about what they are about to say, without losing ‘their turn’ in the