Reasons Of Code-Switching in Teaching Functional English to The Undergraduate Students of Peshawar: (A Pedagogical Survey)

Abstract

This paper revolves around a practical issue of Code-Switching, which takes place in a Functional English class. The use of L1 during the course of lecture, while teaching a foreign language (English) has been highly criticized. It is often deemed as a substandard method of teaching, if the concepts of foreign language are instructed through native language. To solve this real life practical problem, this paper has endeavored to conduct a pedagogical survey in the municipality of Peshawar by selecting interview method from language teachers, who teach Functional English at the undergraduate level in Peshawar. The method of data analysis is qualitative in nature, wherein the data is collected through semi-structured interviews from language teachers in Peshawar. Ten language teachers are interviewed from different private sector universities of Peshawar and their responses are subsequently analyzed descriptively by the researcher. After thorough analysis the researcher has arrived at an understanding that it may be the case that the use of native language in the class is considered to be a barrier to learning a foreign language, but in the context of Peshawar it is very much necessary opt for code-switching at least in the initial stages, where the target language becomes incomprehensible.