the usage of indonesian-english code switching by the eighth grade english teacher at junior high school

Abstract

Language is an important aspect in the world since language becomes media for all people to communicate. Milanowski, in Doughty (1974:32) states that language is the link in concerted human activity. Language can be used by the people to express their feelings and desire. There are so many languages in this world. Every country has a different language. People from different countries use international language to communicate each other. In Indonesia, students learn English as a foreign language. English has been recently taught in elementary level as a local content subject. Crystal (2003:108) states that English is spoken in approximately on third of world’s population. It means English widely used by many people.