(Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, 2015) Amina Khalid; Naheed Ashfaq
In multilingual classrooms such as in Pakistan most of the individuals have the knowledge of two or more
languages, the linguistic phenomenon of combining languages is quite frequent. “A common term for
alternative use of two or more languages, varieties of a language or even speech styles” is called codeswitching
(Hymes, 1974). The present article investigates the students’ attitudes to Urdu code-switching (CS)
used by teachers in English as a Second Language classes at University of Management & Technology Lahore.
A sample of 30 students studying at undergraduate level has been taken. Quantitative approach of data analysis
has been used to investigate the responses. A 10-item questionnaire was developed and distributed among the
students. The closed questions of the questionnaires were analyzed statistically by using the SPSS program.
The results display that students have positive attitude towards teachers’ code-switching in ESL class-rooms
and teachers’ code-switching is an effective teaching strategy when teaching English in Pakistani scenario.