20 the meaning. One of the participants said that grumbling in English has become a new trend
among ED students. People tend to keep their secret while grumbling through Facebook. Below is the example taken from the participant account about showing bilingualism through
mixing in Facebook for grumbling.
Figure 5. Facebook Account 3.
2.4 Quoting People’s Statement, Lyrics, or Any Wise Words.
I found that there were 4 of 20 participants stated that they are mixing the language when they find a good quotation that refers to what they feel. Below is the transcribe
statement of participant showing that English and mixing use when quoting : Me : When do you usually use English in updating your status?
Eta : Sometimes, it is taken from songs lyrics, where I go to, or maybe what I am doing at the time.
Based on the interview above, the purpose of quoting someone ‟s statement using
mixing or switching is for stressing the meaning of the statement and having the right meaning match with what the Facebookers feel. Q
uoting someone‟s statement also happened to reduce the errors or missunderstanding as a part of express
ing people‟s feeling toward a particular condition or situation. Below is the example taken from the participant Facebook
account which use switching for quoting.
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Figure 4. Facebook Account 2.
2.5 Check-in a particular location.
From the interview, I found some of ED student like to update their status using mixing English and Indonesia when they are visiting a new place, in case for hanging out
with other friends or group work. The purpose is that Facebook as the right media to show their existance to other friends in social networking.
Yaya said, “When I check-in a location I usually use English because I want to look cool”. There are 2 participants stated that they are
mixing the language when check-in a new location, and to be exist is important. To make other people know their locations as well as to keep their existence in the
social media, ED students like to update their location every time they check in into particular places. Besides, some participants say that updating their location can be used as a mean to
promote particular places to other people. As Facebook seen from business point of view that Facebook can be the media for promotion because of the wider coverage.
Figure 6. Facebook Account 4.
