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  Should Children Use Smartphones? Source: zeeko.ie      In today's digital era, smartphones have become an important part of human life. Smartphones are mobile devices that have a variety of advanced features and functions. Smartphones provide access to the internet, social media, games, applications, and various other services. Nowadays, smartphones are very commonly used by various groups, including children. In general, children can be categorized as individuals under the age of 18 (Noorani, 2018) . However, in this discussion, we focus more on children in the age range of 3-12 years. This age range is a time when they experience their cognitive, social, and emotional development  (Novita, 2022) .      The use of smartphones by children is a topic that is currently being debated. Some argue that very young children should not own smartphones because they do not yet have the cognitive skills to understand and operate the digital world prope...

  Research Analysis on Code-switching in Learning and Teaching English Code-switching is a teaching method that uses switching between two or more languages to facilitate interaction and understanding between teachers and students. In this case, we will discuss three articles about the functions and benefits of code-switching in English. The first article was written by Eva Fachriyah (2017) with the title "The Functions of Code Switching in an English Language Classroom" . This article discusses the code-switching functions used by a lecturer in teaching his students during interactions in learning English. This research was conducted at a campus in Serang, Banten using the ethnographic method of communication. Data were collected through observation, recording, and transcription. The second article was written by Nurhamidah (2018) with the title "CODE-SWITCHING To what extent does it benefit in EFL classroom?" . This article discusses code-switching in the contex...