ATTALLAH Boutheyna - AYED Ahlem2024-03-022024-03-022019http://dspace.univ-khenchela.dz:4000/handle/123456789/2890Abstract 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.enThesis