The Impact of Code Switching on Learners’ Participation during Classroom Practice
<p><em>The objective of this qualitative case study is to investigate whether the use of mother tongue in English medium classrooms can enhance classroom participation. </em><em>Questionnaire, interviews and observation were the two research instruments that were used to collect data in this study. </em><em>The study investigated 12 ESL teachers at 12 schools in the </em><em>Zambezi Educational</em><em> </em><em>Region. The </em><em>study revealed that the use of mother tongue in English medium classrooms did not constrain learners’ understanding of the learning content; it rather seemed to facilitate classroom participation. The findings</em><em> revealed that Grade 10 ESL teachers agreed that Code Switching benefited learners’ participation in English medium classrooms.</em></p><p><em><br /></em></p>