Quickly switching between languages

I wanted to know if there were keyboard shortcuts available to switch between languages quickly. I'm taking a foreign language class that requires that certain things be typed in the native foreign language. I find it a bit of a hassle to go over to the flag icon on the upper right to switch between languages (I switch in and out of English and the foreign language alot, especially when I need to research online). Any advice?

Cmd-Space and Cmd-Option-Space are the standard keyboard commands for cycling forwards and backwards through the enabled languages.
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Mexico (Spanish)
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