Descriptive analysis of the english teacher’s code switching

Abstract

This study aims to determine the code-switching used by English teachers in teaching English at SMA Pesantren Putri Al-Manawwarah. There is one problem in this study, namely the types of code-switching used by the research subject in teaching and learning of English at SMA Pesantren Putri Al-Manawwarah. The researchers conduct descriptive-qualitative research. This study uses a qualitative approach because the data are spoken. Therefore, it is interesting to observe this phenomenon to find out the types. The data collection are; observation, recording, and note. The result of this study shows that the details of code-switching used by the teacher. In the English teaching and learning process within 2x45 minutes, there are 114 utterances in English teaching and learning process which are pronounced by the teacher. There are three types of code-switching (inter sentential code-switching, Intra sentential code-switching, and tag switching). According to the type, there are 59 utterances of code-switching. The number of inter sentential code-switching is 31 utterances (53%), Intra sentential code-switching is 14 utterances (24%), and tag switching is 14 utterances (24%).

Appearances of Code Switching and Code Mixing in Online Conversation

“…Meanwhile, Inter sentential code switching was 15% used in the conversation. Poplack (1980) in Ishak et al (2021) stated that Inter sentential code switching involves switching at clause/sentence boundaries which one clause is in one language and the other in another language. The situation can also include replacing the entire sentence or more than one resulting sentence entirely in one language.…”

“…Sociolinguistics is a study which connects the society and language (Adi, 2018;Ishak et al, 2021;Maha et al, 2018). It is the study of language that focuses on language use and language development in society.…”

“…In addition to the term bilingualism, there is also the term multilingualism, which is a condition where a person is used to more than two languages in their interactions with other people. Multilingualism can also be said to be the ability to speak or use multiple languages (Ishak et al, 2021;Pangaribuan et al, 2020). Today, there are many people can speak two languages or more, especially those who live in bilingual and multilingual societies.…”