THE EFFECT OF CODE SWITCHING ON EFL LEARNERS LEARNING DEVELOPMENT CASE STUDY: FIRST YEAR LMD STUDENTS OF ENGLISH AT CHADLI BENDJEDID-EL TARF UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the aspect of teachers’ code switching as they occurs both in teaching and learning process in a classroom setting with English Foreign Language Learners. Accordingly, a number of students of 1st year and their teachers of EFL classroom take part in this study. Those participants are chosen to have an overview of the effect of teachers’ code switching in EFL classroom. Data are collected through the questionnaires which are administered to both the students and teachers. The results of the quantitative analysis shows that teachers’ code switching is quite higher than expected. The analysis reveals that teachers employs code switching in EFL classroom, for allowing an effective communication between the students and the teachers in a way that was a reliable, natural atmosphere for learning a language. The findings indicate that teachers’ code switching is a mean to explain grammar, vocabulary ,language tasks, to facilitate ,foster learning process, especially during the first stage of their learning.