FACTORS MOTIVATING CODE-MIXING AMONG PALESTINIAN BILINGUAL POST GRADUATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

This study aimed at identifying the main factors that motivate Code-mixing among M.A. students and graduates who chose Applied Linguistics as their major An-Najah National University. It also finding out differences between participants responses with respect to selected variables including age, gender, workplace, student status years of experience. The sample consisted 32 regular another 22 already graduated from same program. They are either employed for different institutions or have no work least within period distributing questionnaire. researchers used an 18-item questionnaire a tool study. elicited were manipulated through using SPSS package deduce frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations, degrees significant values. Findings showed most frequent motivational stand behind code-mixing mainly related speech emphasis, raised topics conformation, addressees understanding speech. As study, statistically in means attributed gender found. Nevertheless, age graduate found favor those above 45 old.