24 what I am expected.” Most of my participants feel more comfortable to express something in
English even it is combined with Indonesian also. For example : “Lagi bad mood nih....”.
This is actually the common word that ED students and other people usually use to show that they are not in a good mood, rather than write it in Indonesia “Perasaan sedang tidak enak
nih.. ” Whereas, Vina one of my participant stated, “It is OK to mix the language because I
still can share my feeling but keep the privacy because for me Facebook is something private.” The statement above show the benefit of being bilingual, because not all Indonesian
know English so people feel more comfortable to share their feelings while being exist in social media privately.
3.4 Code mixing and switching as a mean to introduce new words
As an ED students who know English, updating status by mixing the language is not only to show their prestige but also to give chances to the other Facebookers to know some
new words. Based on all participants statements, they said that when they update their status using English or mixed languages, they sometimes receive comment asking about the
meaning. However, there were only 8 participants stated that they will tell the meaning to other.
Rafsanjani Yayan in my interview stated, “Sometimes I tell the meaning, but I prefer them to open dictionary to know the meaning because I will look
“sok pintar” if I tell the meaning”. Mostly, ED students will ask them to just find the meaning by themselves in the
dictionary. They say that they do that because as ED students, they want to encourage people to be familiar with dictionary.
3.4. Affected by their surroundings e.g friends, family, or lecturer
The amazing fact found was only 2 participants acquainted the bilingualism in their surroundings. There were some ED students who already grew up in bilingual circumstances
before they joined English Department. They said that they get accustomed to mix the language with the purpose of being communicative when they socialize. On the other hand,
