Circumventing Plagiarism: Building Trust via Code Switching
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Jul 30, 2025
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code switching, building trust, plagiarism, ChatGPT
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Summary
When English Language Teachers ask students to do tasks that are above their linguistic levels, they may resort to plagiarism. I will describe a case study in which I employed code-switching to circumvent the temptation to plagiarize by building trust with my students and providing comprehensible input, which resulted in improved student performance and language acquisition.
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Altman, J. (2025). Circumventing Plagiarism: Building Trust via Code Switching. WAESOL Educator, 50(2), 19–22. Retrieved from https://educator.waesol.org/index.php/WE/article/view/293
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Author Biography
Jennifer Altman, University of Washington
Jennifer Altman (M.Ed. in Adult Education, M.A. in Elementary Education) has been teaching in the University of Washington International and English Language Programs since 1999. You may contact her at sensei@uw.edu.
