Examining Code-switching as a Teaching Strategy for EFL Young Learners. The Case of First Year Pupils at Rihani Brothers' Middle School. Kais, Khenchela.
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2019
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UNIVERSITY OF ABBES LAGHROUR-KHENCHELA
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The current study is an attempt to elicit and recognize the EFL learners and teachers’ attitudes
towards Code-switching and practices of this phenomenon, as well as to investigate its usefulness as a teaching strategy in first year classes at Rihani Brothers’ Middle School in
Kais, Khenchela. To answer the questions of the study, the researchers relied on the descriptive research design by using double self-reported questionnaires and an observation
checklist, which was used to take stock of code-switching occurrence in EFL classes and
analyze them, as data gathering instruments. The study indicated that code- switching is a
phenomenon that does exist in first year middle school EFL classes since it was used by the
participants of the same classes. Also, the participants had positive attitudes about the use of
Code-switching as a teaching strategy because it fits in situations where they encounter
difficulties in communicating or delivering information. The study concluded that using codeswitching
as a teaching strategy would guarantee language literacy and to motivate learners to
interact in first year middle school EFL classrooms.