Abstract
Society and language cannot be separated, both have a relationship where society can be formed by the language they use. The diversity of languages used by teachers and students in EFL classroom interaction at MAN Katingan represents the existence of a bilingual or multilingual community. This research was conducted to describe how is the language use in EFL classroom interaction. The type of this research was descriptive research using the qualitative method. The subject were one of the English teachers and the students of the eleventh grade of MAN Katingan. The data collection was done by questionnaire using a google form to students and interview was done to the English teacher. The result showed the use of language at MAN Katingan in EFL classroom interaction was varied enough. Based on the students’ view, teacher and students used 24,7% English, 40,4% Indonesian, 8,4% Banjarese, 0,9% Dayakese, and 26,2% mixed the language or used code-switching and code-mixing in EFL classroom interaction. On the other hand, the teacher stated that she mostly used code-switching and code-mixing. Sometimes, she used the local language to interact with the students in her EFL classroom.Keywords: language use: EFL: classroom interaction: sociolinguistics study
Highlights
The interaction of two or more languages in society will encourage humans to determine language attitudes
This study aims to analyze some of the sociolinguistic patterns of language use in bilingual or multilingual situations
Based on the research question which was aimed to find how is the language use in the English teaching-learning process in EFL classroom, the finding had been supported by the analysis of the data gained from the questionnaire
Summary
The interaction of two or more languages in society will encourage humans to determine language attitudes. Language attitudes arise because people who speak the language have a goal to achieve. In line with this, Charolina (2020) in her research pointed out that language selection is not random but determined by social, cultural, and contextual factors. It happens because the speaker has a goal to achieve. The language used must resemble to the ongoing speech situation. Language plays a vital role in human life-individuals to express their thoughts and emotions, meet and communicate with everyone, and establish and maintain social
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