Evaluating The Process of Code Switching among .

Abstract

In communities where two or more languages are spoken, speakers often switch between languages when conversing; this practice is known as code-switching. Subsequently, the primary goal of this study is to evaluate “code-switching” in the Algerian sociolinguistic context, and its other related linguistic phenomena, such as bilingualism, code-mixing, and diglossia, which are used to characterize the sociolinguistic environment of Algeria. Therefore, 71 Master's level students at Ibn Khaldoun University, were chosen to serve as a convenient sample and given access to a semi-structured printed questionnaire to accomplish the study objectives. The analysis and interpretation of the findings revealed that students change their coding strategies depending on both the context and the interlocutor rather than the formality of the settings. also, psychologically, to demonstrate their social status and knowledge. Besides, it has been discovered that a person's limited vocabulary affects their capacity to transfer between languages since students mostly code-switch during interactions as a way to fill in the blanks that may cause miscommunication, hence, the use of code-switching has an overwhelmingly negative effect on student English language learning