To Switch or Not to Switch: Code-switching in a Multilingual Country

This paper presents a theoretical review of several aspects concerning the linguistic phenomenon of code-switching. The review includes some terms which stand at the basis of communication; code-switching; its existence as a bilingual and multilingual phenomenon; the multilingual reality in Israel, and lastly, code-switching in the FL classroom. The methodology chapter presents the future research, which aims to examine code-switching between Hebrew-English and Hebrew-Arabic among bilinguals in Israel. The research will include three groups of Hebrew- English and Hebrew-Arabic speakers during discourses at different environments, in order to understand the perspectives involved in code-switching, its patterns and its circumstances.