Abstract:
This study aimed at investigating the students’ attitudes towards using code
switching at the College of Nursing Science at Bahri University. Both quantitative
(questionnaire) and qualitative (open ended questions) research approaches were
used to collect data. The data collected was then analyzed to measure the
differences in the students’ language attitudes towards each of the languages being
used in the classroom, and the effects of such attitudes at college level .The sample
of the study was composed of (40) students; including about (10) males and (30)
females out of 48 ticked out by using the simple random sample technique. Results
that answered the questions on the students’ attitude towards code switching
among the students of Nursing College at Bahri University revealed that the
students have positive and negative attitudes towards the using of code switching.
At the end of the study the researcher set some recommendations that, Although
the use of code switching has a positive usage inside the class room, but the
weakness of the Sudanese university students of nursing fluency can be attributed
to their used of code switching widely, and they cannot speak fluent English unless
they avoiding code switching during study time.
