EFFECT OF CODE SWITCHING ON NCE 1 STUDENTS IN A CLASSRROM SETTING IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN GOMBE STATE

Abstract

This work investigated the effect of code switching among NCE I students of the three Colleges of Education (Federal College of Education, (Technical) Gombe, College of Education and Legal Studies, Nafada and College of Education, Billiri) in Gombe State. The objectives of the study were to find out how code-switching takes place among students of NCE I in Colleges of    Education Gombe State; to find out the patterns of code-switching among students of NCE I and; find out the impact of code-switching among. The grand design this study adopts, is survey finding expression in the use of both questionnaires. Using systematic approach, three hundred and fifty (350) students from the three colleges (FCET, CELS and COEB) under review who are from different disciplines and different ethnic groups in Nigeria were target ed as the respondents. The data was presented and analyzed using PLS-SEM.  The hypothesized relationship between SPIS; PSN and SPC was tested and the findings of this study support the relationship that PSN; SPIS are related to SPC. This study would want to further argue that ethnicity; social connections, colleges` regulations, union level engagement and parent’s occupation among others in the context of Gombe state environment need to be strengthened and fortified to curtail the exodus of socio-linguistic potentials as well as magnetize other linguistic balancing possibilities.