This study aims to investigate university level language teachers’ views
on how their usage of code switching affects their classroom management in EFL
classes. This study is conducted in Turkish setting, which is Cyprus and
especially at the European University of Lefke. The participants are selected
randomly from the same university and they are the members of the English
Preparatory School. They were asked to write five daily reports during one week
and they were interviewed for 30 minutes. In order to reach a valid and
reliable data, two data collection methods were chosen, which were reflective
reports and interview; hence, the nature of the current study was qualitative.
In other words, cross-case analysis was used to examine and identify common
themes between cases. This study lasted three months; therefore, it was not a
longitudinal work, so this research was limited and needed further inquiry. In
Cyprus EFL classes, code-switching should be considered and investigated more
in classroom management. It is revealed that there is a need to raise EFL
teachers’ awareness on when and when not to use code-switching. There are
certain ways to promote code-switching in EFL classes and there are by
providing more seminars, workshops and organizational meetings weekly or
monthly.
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