THE DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF CODE-SWITCHING USED BY THE EIGHTH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHERS AT SMP BUSTANUL MAKMUR GENTENG IN THE 2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

This research descriptive research in the type of case study. The data collected were in the form of utterances containing code switching. The observation was done by recording the utterances produced by the two different English teachers at SMP Bustanul Makmur Genteng during classroom activity. The steps of analyzing data were; (1) Finding code switching utterances, (2) tabulating the teachers’ utterances to count the frequent, (3) Coding the based on the types of code switching, (4) Coding the data based in the functions of code switching, (5) Calculating the numbers of utterances, (6) Summarizing the result of the data, (7) Discussing the data, (8) Drawing conclusion. The result of the study showed that there were four languages used by the two English teachers in teaching learning process; English, Indonesian, Arabic and Javanese. There were two English teachers investigated in this research; Mr. A and Mr. H. There were three types of code switching; namely (1) Inter-sentential code-switching, (2) tag-switching and (3) Intra-sentential code-switching. In addition, the 9 functions of code switching were: (1) Code-switching for explaining, (2) Code-switching for moving from one activity to another, (3) Code-switching for clearing misunderstanding, (4) Code-switching for checking for understanding, (5) Grammar translation, (6) Code-switching for teacher’s admonitions, (7) Code-switching for grammar explanation, (8) Code-switching for lapses, (9) Code switching for a joke Based on the result mentioned above it can be concluded that code switching in teaching English subject played important role. The students can easily understand the material and the instruction from the teachers if the teachers switched English into the other languages. In conclusion, code switching contributed benefits for all of the students in learning English. Moreover, the use of code switching in teaching and learning process was needed since the students came from different background of language knowledge.