When You're Latino & You Suck At Spanish

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This video depicts a young Latina woman who struggles to fit into a bilingual speech community. Her peers code switch between English and Spanish, expect her to do the same, and tease her when she cannot.

Posted by Stefanie Weiland on November 20, 2017

Tags:
Indexicality;
Spanish;
Code-switching;
Communities of Practice;
Monolingualism

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