Students' Perception of Code-Crossing in EFL Classroom Interaction on Sociocultural

Abstract

Code-crossing in EFL classroom used by students and lecturers is important due to maintain language politeness in communication. This study aims to disclose students’ perception of code-crossing usage by viewing it from sociocultural. The method of this research is descriptive qualitative. The researcher uses open-ended interview to 12 English Education Department student from semester 4 and 6. The result shows that students often use code-crossing both high-code and low-code and switch one to another depend on the interlocutors. In sociocultural aspect, most of students have positive perception towards several sociocultural; cultural background, age difference, level of education, and linguistic variation. The result reveals that students highly consider intonation of voice, body language, and language selection when they use code-crossing. In conclusion, English Education students mostly have positive perception towards these four sociocultural aspects.