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The present work analyzes the subject of "code switching", which is found in multicultural societies, which we believe is also realized in the linguistic area at the universities outside the seminar room of the German departments. The aim of this study is to take the functions and structure of code switching also in and outside the seminar room through this analysis. This study is a case study. This study was conducted with six students made of three migrant students from the Faculty of Education Foreign Language Department – German Language Teaching Program. A 30 minute recording could be realized with this students. These students have chosen one of the three themes they were given and they were asked to make a discussion. These records were transcribed according to EXmAralda and examined from the viewpoint of the functional pragmatic method according to its structure and function. The data showed that "code switching" also took its place in the guided free discourse. This linguistic action besides enhancing the common language knowledge of the students also enables the transfer of the language knowledge brought into the hall via the migrant children.