Indonesian Teacher’s Code Switching and Mixing in EFL Context

Fitriani Pratiwi,Syafrizal Syafrizal,Nurhaeda Gailea

doi:10.22158/eltls.v1n1p1

Abstract

The objectives of research are to investigate the frequency of teacher’s code switching and code mixing, the function of teacher’s code switching and code mixing in EFL Classroom, and teacher and students’ attitude toward it. This research focuses on analyzing EFL teacher’s utterances at 10th grade and by using Poplack, Musyken and Wardhaugh theory. The method of this study is case study. The data of the research is in the form of written recording utterances during teaching and learning process in the classroom, interview and questionnaire. Based on the analysis of the data, reveals that there are three major conclusions about teacher’s code switching and code mixing in EFL classroom. First, code switching and code mixing exist in EFL classroom. Second, the use of code switching and code mixing in EFL classroom has various functions includes topic switch, affective, repetitive, directive and phatic function, as proposed by Sert (2005) and Apple and Musyken (2006). Third, the data from the questionnaire reflects the positive attitude toward the use of code switching and code mixing along teaching and learning activities in the classroom. While both teacher and students agreed that code switching and code mixing can promote better understanding and be effective to make students understand their teacher’s practice instructions and material explanation.

Highlights

The speakers in multilingual societies use varieties of any languages when they speak, bilingualism even multilingualism
Code-switching and code mixing is a practice that enable learners to use their native language as a learning resource (Lin, 2016, p. 2) states that, Classroom code-switching refers to the alternating use of more than one linguistic code in the classroom by any of the classroom participants
3.3 The Teachers’ Attitudes towards Teacher’s Code Switching and Code Mixing in EFL Classroom In addition, the teacher felt that students should be exposed to the correct structure of English Language when dealing with the contents

Summary

Introduction

The speakers in multilingual societies use varieties of any languages when they speak, bilingualism even multilingualism. In this research study, the writer is interested to focus on analyzing an EFL teacher’s code switching and code mixing in English Foreign Language Classrooms of SMK Bunga Persada Cianjur. 2) The functions of teacher’s code switching and code mixing used in English Foreign Language Classroom at SMK Bunga Persada Cianjur. 3) The teachers’ attitudes towards the use of code switching and code mixing in English Foreign Language classroom at SMK Bunga Persada Cianjur. 4) The students’ attitudes towards the use of teacher’s code switching and code mixing in English Foreign Language classroom at SMK Bunga Persada Cianjur. The researcher analyzes the result of transcribing process to find out the teachers’ attitude toward code switching and code mixing in making conversations with their students and drawing the conclusion from the English teacher’s answers. The researcher distributes the questionnaire to the two selected classes of the tenth grade, to investigate the frequency of teacher’s code switching and code mixing which exist in EFL classroom and students’ attitude toward teacher’s code switching and code mixing in EFL Classroom

Result

The English teacher always switches to 27

Findings

Discussion