An Analysis of Code Switching Used by English Teachers in Teaching and Learning Process (A Case Study At SMPN 14 Mataram)

Abstract

This thesis entitled An Analysis of Codeswitching Used by English Teachers in Teaching and Learning Process (A Case Study at SMPN 14 Mataram) was intended to find out the types and the factors of using codeswitching by English teachers. This study uses Poplack theory for the types of codeswitching and Hoffman theory for the factors of using codeswitching. Technique of data collecting is analyzing teachers’ utterances. The data then identified to know the types and the factors of using codeswitching by the teachers in teaching and learning process. The data collection method was used observation, recording, and interview. The result of this study showed that from three types of codeswitching there were two types found, such as; intersentetial switching and intrasentential switching. In this study there is no classification of tag switching, because it is mostly use in informal setting. The teachers dominantly use intersentetial switching in their teaching process. Based on the data findings there are 141 codeswitching found in this study. It consists of 77 intersentential switching and 64 intrasentential switching.  The factor of teachers’ reasons in using codeswitching shown based on analyzing context only found 4 reasons included; talking about a particular topic, interjection (inserting sentence fillers or sentence connectors), repetition used for clarification, and being emphatic about something. And this study also found the same reasons in Yletyien research, such as; explanation, moving from one activity to another, not knowing the English counterpart, and checking for understanding. Another reasons based on interviewing teachers is to achieve students’ competence.