2 There are a number of reasons for code-switching. One of them can be the
influence of certain meanings. Sometimes, people feel that it is monotonous when they only use their own native language all the time to communicate to others, in this
case in giving information by using printed mass media. They need something new and different taste in order to have stylish language utterances without changing its
meaning. As a result, they switch their own native language elements with foreign language elements. In addition, those statements above are going to be explored
whether or not code-switching exists and it is appropriate in use to the prevailing rules.
Finally, based on the phenomenon above, the writer would like to focus on code-switching that exist in sport tabloids. He would try to investigate the types of
code-switching, the possible reasons for code-switching and the implications of code- switching toward English education as long as there are a lot of English code-
switching cases may be discovered in Indonesian sport tabloids.
B. Problem Formulation
In this study the writer would like to address three questions related to the use of English code-switching in Indonesian sport tabloid.
1. What are the types of code-switching in Indonesian sport tabloids?
2. What are the possible reasons for code-switching in Indonesian sport tabloids?
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What are the possible implications of code-switching in Indonesian sport tabloids toward English education in Indonesia?
C. Problem Limitation
This study focuses on the use of English code-switching in Indonesian sport tabloids that might often be discovered recently. Therefore, the writer is going to
analyze three of the most popular weekly sport tabloids in Indonesia as the target tabloids, starting from the beginning of March till the end of March 2009. They are
BOLA tabloid, SOCCER tabloid, and MOTOR Plus tabloid. BOLA tabloid is published twice a week whereas both SOCCER tabloid and MOTOR tabloid are
published once a week. Therefore, the writer takes eight editions for BOLA tabloid, four editions for SOCCER tabloid and four editions for MOTOR Plus tabloid. As a
result, there are 16 editions of those three sport tabloids.
D. Research Objectives
The objectives of this study are: 1. to analyze the types of code-switching in Indonesian sport tabloids.
2. to identify the possible reasons for code-switching in Indonesian sport tabloids. 3. to find out the possible implications of code-switching in Indonesian sport tabloids
toward English education in Indonesia.
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E. Research Benefits
1. The Benefits for Readers
They will have broader knowledge of code-switching, especially about the types of code-switching, some possible reasons for code-switching, and implications
of code-switching that exist in printed mass media, which is tabloid. They can use it to support language learning. Besides, based on those findings, they can add their
English vocabularies with a strong base to distinguish the correct or incorrect items. As a result, they will more understand the language phenomenon that happens in
printed mass media, especially sport tabloids.
2. The Benefits for Other Researchers
This study will hopefully encourage other researchers to conduct further study on code-switching by using more samples or on other types of written texts. Then,
they will enrich the existing body of data and use the research result to do the certain objectives.
F. Definition of Terms
Code-switching refers to the juxtaposition of elements from two or more language or dialects McCormick, 1994: 581. Meanwhile, according to Valdes –
Fallis 1977, as cited by Duran in The Journal in Educational Issues of Language Minority Student,
code-switching means the use of two languages concurrently or interchangeably. It shows the degree of competence in the languages.
5 In this study, code-switching refers to the language phenomenon where two
different languages are juxtaposed in one context, in this case, English code- switching in Indonesian sport tabloids. They are BOLA tabloid, SOCCER tabloid,
and MOTOR Plus tabloid. According to Hornby 2005, a tabloid is a newspaper
with small pages usually has the size of those in larger papers; newspaper of this size
which short articles and a lot of pictures and stories about famous people.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter mainly concerns with two main parts namely theoretical description and theoretical framework. In the theoretical description, the writer
discusses some related theories from some linguists to provide basic principles of this study. The theoretical framework attempts to draw a framework based on the
theoretical description.
A. Theoretical Description
In this section, the related theories that will be reviewed are the nature of code-switching which explains the general understanding of code-switching, the
types of code-switching, the reasons for code-switching as well as the implications of code-switching toward English education.
1. Linguistics
According to Finegan 2004: 24, linguistics can be defined as “the systematic inquiry into human language – into its structure and the relationship between them, as
well as into the development and acquisition of language”. He also states that “language is often defined as an arbitrary vocal system used by human beings to
communicate with one another” Finegan, 2004: 25. All aspects of language are
