The Effect of Some of the University of Petra Instructors’ Qualities on their Use of Code Mixing in their English Classes
Juhaina Al Musa and Oqlah Smadi, Instruction Department, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Abstract
The study tried to answer a question about the extent of the instructors’ qualifications, years of experience and university of graduation affect their code mixing in the EFL classrooms. In order to answer the study question, a semi structured interview was prepared by the researchers so as to collect the needed data which was qualitatively analyzed. The findings indicated that the instructors showed high level of awareness of the uses of code mixing in their classroom practices. The results also showed that no differences were noticed that can be related to either the instructors’ qualifications, experience, or university of graduation. Based on the findings, the study recommended more studies to be conducted so as to investigate domains other than the ones included in this study, and the faculties of Education were addressed to establish training programs in cooperation with the departments of English in the Jordanian universities so as to prepare the graduates for the appropriate uses of L1 in L2 classes.
Keywords: code mixing, EFL university instructors