A Study of Code Switching Utilized by Iraqi University Professors

The present study aims at exploring whether Iraqi university professors utilize code switching or not, finding out the most common reason and the least one for utilizing code switching, and showing whether there are any difference between professors of linguistics and those of literature in terms of their use of CS. To achieve the aims of the study, the researchers utilize two instruments of data collection: checklist and observation. The checklist consists of eleven reasons of using code switching introduced by Gulzar (2010) showing where do professors code switch. The study also analyzes the observations that have shown that the participants of both universities employed code switching during teaching. The aim of code switching is transferring the materials in an understandable and effective way. Qualitative and quantitive research design methodology is used to achieve the aim of the present study.