Pre-Service English Teachers’ Perspectives on Code-Switching Practices in Their Speaking Class: A Narrative Study

Abstract

Indonesian people are mostly capable of speaking two even more languages. In bilingual and multilingual communities such as Indonesia, it is very common for the speakers to change or switch their language into another language that is known as code-switching. The phenomenon of code-switching also occurs in instructional process at the ELT classroom. In Indonesia, English is selected as the medium of instruction in several contexts. One of the contexts is when English is used as the medium of instruction by pre-service English teacher. The study aims to know pre-service English teachers’ perspectives on code switching in their Speaking classes. The study was conducted at English Education Department in one of the state universities in Jember, Indonesia. I performed an interview to generate the data. The participants involved in this study were three pre-service English teachers. The data were analysed using Thematic Analysis. There were three key perceptions identified from the participants' responses, namely positive attitude, negative attitude, and suggestion on code-switching implementation.