Authors :
Sourath Seelro
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 9 - September
Google Scholar :
https://bit.ly/3TmGbDi
Scribd :
https://tinyurl.com/2vcu3ycs
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8401585
Abstract :
In every society, there is a dominant language
that we unconsciously prefer, and for the majority of us,
that language is English. In Pakistan, the official language
of English is preferred over national and regional
languages. Code-switching is the practice of switching
from one language to another, and it is essentially an
inevitable phenomenon, especially in the zone of
multilinguals and bilinguals followed by language
dominance. Since Pakistan's pedagogical learning and
teaching methods have never been studied, additional
research is required. Code switching gained importance in
the 1990s when several studies on the subject were
published. Since then, it has been crucial for most
institutions to strike a balance between languages so that
code switching may be advantageous for both learning and
teaching systems. The paper aims to discuss the impact of
high and low languages in Pakistan, with a focus on
Hyderabad Sindh. The causes of code-switching and
language dominance will be highlighted in the article
through analysis of interviews with former National
University of Modern Languages students.
In every society, there is a dominant language
that we unconsciously prefer, and for the majority of us,
that language is English. In Pakistan, the official language
of English is preferred over national and regional
languages. Code-switching is the practice of switching
from one language to another, and it is essentially an
inevitable phenomenon, especially in the zone of
multilinguals and bilinguals followed by language
dominance. Since Pakistan's pedagogical learning and
teaching methods have never been studied, additional
research is required. Code switching gained importance in
the 1990s when several studies on the subject were
published. Since then, it has been crucial for most
institutions to strike a balance between languages so that
code switching may be advantageous for both learning and
teaching systems. The paper aims to discuss the impact of
high and low languages in Pakistan, with a focus on
Hyderabad Sindh. The causes of code-switching and
language dominance will be highlighted in the article
through analysis of interviews with former National
University of Modern Languages students.
