Language Shift and Attitude of Female Students/Teachers towards Punjabi in Sialkot

Muhammad Rashid Hafeez; Hana Habib; Sumayya Riaz

doi:10.47205/plhr.2021(5-I)1.3

Language Shift and Attitude of Female Students/Teachers towards Punjabi in Sialkot

Authors

Muhammad Rashid Hafeez

Assistant Professor, Department of English, GC Women University Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan

Hana Habib

MS Scholar, Department of English, GC Women University Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan

Sumayya Riaz

MS Scholar, Department of English, GC Women University Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2021(5-I)1.3

Keywords

Attitudes Domains Language Shift Perception and Language Desertion

Abstract

This current paper is aimed to study the attitudes of female university students and teachers towards Punjabi language and its use in different domains. We have chosen mixed method approach of Sequential Explanatory design to conduct our research study. Questionnaire is used to collect data from 240 female students and interviews are conducted with 2 female teachers of Government College Women University Sialkot. It is investigated through these tools that the present situation and use of Punjabi language in Sialkot show slight indication of language shift.