The results of this study indicated that the subjects of the code-switching group achieved a higher
mean score in their oral performance post-test than those of the non-code-switching group. Hence it
was generally concluded that code-switching as a communication strategy can have positive impact
on EFL learners’ oral performance.in their research, Mirhassani and Mamaghani (2009) indicates that
code-switching can be used as a technique to enhance the speaking ability. They also proved that
code-switching helped the students to feel secure in case of shortage of vocabulary resources, and
consequently kept their conversation going.
It should be mentioned that further and more detailed studies of different levels, ages, and settings
will certainly be needed if we are to assess more fully the pedagogical effects of code-switching in the
language classroom.