Author: George PaasewePublisher:
ISBN: 9781735317649
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Code-Switching: The practice of adjusting one's style of speech, appearance, behavior, and expression to a particular context or situation.STUDENTS OF COLOR are struggling to learn, navigate, and perform code-switching at predominantly White institutions (PWIs). In this book, George Paasewe reveals the three secrets of how college students-and practically anyone-can learn, perform, and master the tool of code-switching. Additionally, an effective framework is provided to illustrate how you can immediately put the three secrets and accompanying techniques into practice. How Black College Students Learn Code-Switching gives you useful methods, not empty promises. George Paasewe presents this book for the following purposes:?To render the ground-breaking findings from his research study and reveal the three secrets of how you can learn to code-switch. ?To identify why people code-switch. ?To identify the adverse effects of code-switching. ?To identify the root cause of why people of color experience the burden of code-switching. ?To provide strategies for advocating for social change, inclusion, and acceptance of cultural differences. ?To develop readers' self-concept of code-switching to maintain their identity when code-switching. ?To enhance college students' interpersonal and communication skills. ?To raise awareness to students, staff, teachers, professors, and school administrators of the challenges that students of color face while attending PWI's.