Title
Emotional Support Skills through Adaptive Code Switching in der Deutsche Amerikanischen Schule
Publication Date
2012
Abstract
This paper explores the use of adaptive code-switching to manage emotional situations with children. It does so by analyzing one student’s service learning experience at a German-American school in the US Pacific Northwest. This case explains the practice and theories of adaptive code-switching and emotional support skill as means to manage crisis situations. This ability to switch between languages and language styles allows communicators to craft messages unique to each particular interaction. Through understanding how code switching helped manage emotionally stressful situations at this school, readers will gain better understanding of a tool that can help decrease anxiety, increase conversational comfort, and therefore facilitate in emotional recovery in a crisis setting.
Citation: Pilot Scholars Version (Modified MLA Style)
Opra, Jamie, "Emotional Support Skills through Adaptive Code Switching in der Deutsche Amerikanischen Schule" (2012). Communication Studies Undergraduate Publications, Presentations and Projects. 6.
https://pilotscholars.up.edu/cst_studpubs/6
Document Type
Student Project
Publication Information
CST 431: Cross-Cultural Communication & Identity Capstone Project
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