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Hey, welcome to this week's

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episode of topical English vocabulary

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with me, teacher Tiffany. In

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this week's episode, I'm going

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to teach you five important

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English vocabulary words related to

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the topic of multi-lingual households.

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That means homes where many

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different languages are spoken. This

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is a topic that you will be able to

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speak about in English with

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confidence and fluently.

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Are you ready? Well then, I'm

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teacher Tiffany. Let's jump right

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in. All right. So

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the very first word I want us

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to look at is right here. The

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word is bilingualism. Yep,

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it's long. Again,

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after me, bilingualism.

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Good. Now,

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if you're watching this on YouTube, I want you to

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watch my mouth closely. Bilingualism.

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Good. Excellent. Now,

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what does this term

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bilingualism actually mean? Well

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it literally just means

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the ability to speak

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and understand two languages

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fluently. The key

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word here is to. By.

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That first part of the word

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bilingualism refers to to. So

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bilingualism once again just

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means the ability to

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speak and understand two

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languages fluently. So your

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teacher, me, teacher Tiffany,

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I am actually bilingual. I

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speak English and I also

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speak Korean. If you are

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Korean watching this video or listening to

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it on the podcast, I just

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said hello. But again, it

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just means being able to speak

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two languages. which you

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watching me or listening to me, you

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are bilingual. Unless you know

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more languages than you're more than bilingual.

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But if you're able to speak your

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mother tongue and English, you are bilingual.

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So let's check out some example sentences.

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Here we go. The very first example

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sentence we have right here.

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Growing up in a

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bilingual household, Maria effortlessly,

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excuse me, effortlessly, that

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was a tongue twister, switched between

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English and Spanish. One

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more time. Growing up in

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a bilingual household, Maria

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effortlessly switched between English

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and Spanish. Next,

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number two, bilingualism

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is often seen as

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a valuable skill in

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today's globalized world. And

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number three, research

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suggests that cognitive

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benefits are associated

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with bilingualism. You

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got it? Again, remember,

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the key is the number

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two, two languages.

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So our very

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first word once

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again, bilingualism. Good.

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Once again, word number one is

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bilingualism. Excellent.

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All right. Now let's move on

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to our second word, our second

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term, code

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switching. Yeah,

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you are you're really learning some

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words that native English speakers use.

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Again, after me, code

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switching. Good.

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Last time after me, code

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switching. Good

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job. Now, what does this actually mean?

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You may have never heard this

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term before, code switching, but it's

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used. very often in

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America between native English speakers. It

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literally just means the

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practice of alternating between

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two or more languages

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or dialects in

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conversation. The

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practice of going between two languages

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or dialects in a conversation. I'll

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be very honest. So, when

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I used to work at NASA and

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I also used to work for TSA,

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the Transportation Security Administration, I

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worked in an environment where there were

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many different cultures, right? There were some

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African Americans, but there were many other

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cultures, right? So, the

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way I would normally speak when

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I was with my friends, I

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could not speak that way when I was

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at work in a work environment. So,

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imagine this situation. I'm in a meeting

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with my boss who happened to be

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Caucasian, white, right? Very clear,

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just speaking normally to my boss, and

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then I get a phone call from

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my friend, right? So, I said, oh, let me just

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step out really quickly. I left the meeting for a

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second to go back to my office,

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right? The way I

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would speak to my friend would be totally

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different from the way I spoke during

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the meeting with my boss. This

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is code switching. This is

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what you do when you're in an environment where, okay,

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if I speak this way, they might not understand

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me, so let me just code switch real quick. We

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call this code switching. This is the

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basics. Now, you can go online and

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look up code switching. You'll find many

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videos on this specific topic, specifically African

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Americans having to do this in the

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workplace. Code switching, all

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right? So, again, code

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switching. Now, let's check out some

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example sentences. Here we go. The

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first example sentence is, code

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switching is common among

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multilingual individuals, especially

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in informal settings.

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Next, in multicultural

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cities, code switching can be used to

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make a difference. be observed

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in daily interactions among

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diverse communities. And

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finally, sentence number three. Linguists

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study code switching to

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better understand the underlying

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patterns and social dynamics.

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Code switching, right when I was saying the

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last sentence, another story popped into my head. When

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I was in South Korea, again,

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when I was in the classroom, I spoke in

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English, right? I spoke English because I was teaching

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my students English, and I remember

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specifically, one day I think my students were

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in level three, so they could understand well,

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they could express themselves well. They

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understood me. One day

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after class, we were all walking out, and

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my friend, my homeboy from Canada,

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he walked up the steps, he didn't work at

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my institute, so it was a prize when I

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saw him, and I immediately

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switched the way I was speaking.

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I was code switching, and sometimes

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it's unconscious, because when I saw

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him, I immediately went into the way I

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would normally speak, not in the classroom. This

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is how I realized that I had code

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switched in front of the students. He and

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I were talking, going back and forth, and

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my students were still around me. I turned

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around, and the looks on their faces caused

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me to chuckle, because they were like, Tiff,

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what are you saying? These students

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that were with me an hour every day of

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the week, for the last, at that time they had been

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with me for about three or four months, they

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did not understand what I was saying to

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my friend. Code switching,

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changing the way you speak, and

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it's hard for other people to understand if

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they're not of that culture, or from that

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environment. You got me? All

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right, good. So again, we have code switching.

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So, what was the first word we

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learned again? Excellent,

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bilingualism. What was the

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second term? Code

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switching, excellent. All right, now let's move

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on to the third expression, excuse me,

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the third word. After me, Poly.

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God. God.

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Again, Holly govt.

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Excellent! Last time after me. Poly

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got. Great

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Now what does is worth poly

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got actually mean so the time.

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Polygon. It literally just

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means a person who

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is process it and

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several languages. A

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person who was position can speak

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from flow and can see from

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well multiple languages. They can speak

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multiple languages well. For example, I

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have a friend who speaks French,

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Spanish. Creole, English and a

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little Korean. See.

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The polygon. The

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ability to speak proficiently and

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multiple languages made me. You.

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Are a polygons. Once. Again,

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A person who is

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process since in several

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languages. He. Got it? right?

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Let's sit out the. Example sentences Here

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we go: Sentence number one.

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Being. A poly got

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is advantageous an international

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business and diplomacy. Once.

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Again, be a

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polygon is advantageous

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an international business

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and diplomacy. Poly.

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Got. The second

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example sentence. The.

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Conference attracted poly got

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from around the world,

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fostering rich linguistic exchange.

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And finally, number three. Some

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individuals possess a natural

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aptitude for be a

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polygon. Like. My

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friend. Makes sense, right?

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So again, number three. Poly

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got. Good.

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All right. So what Was number one? The first

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word? Bilingualism

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very good. the

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city Code

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switching, very good. And the third

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word you learned. Polygot,

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excellent, very good. All right, the

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fourth term, the fourth word is,

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pay attention very closely, acculturation.

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Good, again, acculturation.

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Excellent, last time after me. Occulturation.

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Great job, all right, what does

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this term, acculturation actually

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mean? It literally just

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means, the process by

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which individuals adopt the

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cultural traits or

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social patterns of

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another group. Again,

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the process by which individuals

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of one group adopt

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or take on the traits

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that belong to another culture.

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Here's a great example, actually. African

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American women, black women, normally

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wear bonnets, satin

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bonnets to bed. Because

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the material is good for our hair, my

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hair is very curly and coarse, so

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when we wear satin caps, it's not for

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style, there's a reason, it

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helps our hair not break off.

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So when you see someone that doesn't

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need a satin cap wearing it, you

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can say it's an example of acculturation,

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again, just for this example we're talking

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about. Seeing someone of one

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culture do something for a specific reason

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and simply doing it because you want

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to be like them, all right? Now

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again, I'm not saying wearing a satin

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bonnet is wrong for another culture, I'm

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giving you a clear and easy

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to understand example, all right? Here

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we go, let's continue. First

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example sentence. Acculturation

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is a complex phenomenon

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influenced by various social

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factors. Next. Multi

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lingual household, often. Navigate

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a cold serration as

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a balance. Different cultural

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norms, And finally.

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A calculation can lead to

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the blending of languages and

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customs. Within our

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community. You. Got it? Got.

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A good number for. A pulsar

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a sin. Excellent.

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All right The very first where we learned

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today. Good. What was it? Bilingualism

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good over the second time.

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Code Switching. For the

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third term. Poly.

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Dot at Flips and the fourth term.

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A called sir race and very

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good. I like now move to

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the third. gives me the fifth

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term. The fifth term after me

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is a swam the only whoa.

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Glide. Again,

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strands lingual,

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Excellent! Now this trend

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lingo. It literally just

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means when you're using

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to describe words, symbols

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or phrases, That have

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the same meaning or

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form in many different

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languages. Friends

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Lingual. Describing.

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Words. Symbols. Or

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phrases that have the same meaning

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or form a many different languages.

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For example, if you're watching this,

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I'm going to put a sign

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on the screen. Lose.

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Them. Yes,

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But those listening the equal

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something like that equal sign.

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This is an example of something that

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as trans. Lingual, right?

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In every language, it's

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the same. Symbol.

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Yeah. excellent excellent let me to

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the exam sentences. Here we go. The

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mathematical symbol pi is

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a translingual sign recognized

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by scientists worldwide.

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Next, the in-translingual

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literature authors creatively

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incorporate various languages to

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convey nuanced meanings. And

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finally, the song

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incorporates translingual lyrics blending

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Spanish and English to

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create a unique soundscape.

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You got it. Excellent. Once again,

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number five is translingual.

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Good. All right. So what was number

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one again? Excellent.

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Bilingualism. What was number

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two? Code

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switching. Good. What was number

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three? Polygot.

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Good. Number four? Occulturation.

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Excellent. And number

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five? Translingual. Excellent

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job. Now what we're going

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to do is I'm going to read a paragraph to

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you. And this paragraph is

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going to include each of

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the words you learned in our lesson today.

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The lesson has been on

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multilingual households. So

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as you listen to me read this

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paragraph, I want you to listen closely

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for the words that you heard

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and the words that you learned

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today. Here we go. In

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homes where people speak more than one

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language, it's common for

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family members to switch between

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languages easily. This concept

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is known as bilingualism. They

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also might switch languages depending

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on or even during conversations.

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This practice is called code switching.

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Some Family members may even be really

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good at speaking many. Long as

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it's. People like this are

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called polygons. The mix

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of different cultural traditions and

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practices in these homes called

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a conservation as witness to

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how languages are used. Some

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multicultural household. Off

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to use trans lingual words.

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Making. Communication More

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flexible. And. inclusive.

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That was a natural English. Paragraph

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A Martial Law That use

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The five words we spoke

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about today. Bilingualism.

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Code. Switching. Poly

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got a pulsar race and

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and trans lingual. Now

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you'll be able to speak

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English confidently and fluently about

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multi lingual. Household This is

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my goal to continue helping

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you improve your English vocabulary,

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not help you improve your

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initial kabylie with his lessons.

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