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Most English teachers in Indonesia are non-native English speakers. The teachers also face English as a foreign language. They master English, not acquire
English. English teachers in SMKN 1 Jombang are also non-native English speakers. Thus, code switching during the teaching learning will always occur.
The reasons of conducting code switching are different when code switching is conducted in different context domain by certain speaker. Therefore, I am
interested to analyze code switching by non-native English teacher in SMK N 1 Jombang.
In this research, my respondent is one English teacher in SMKN 1 Jombang. I only chose one teacher Mrs. Umi as my respondent because she is
the representative of non-native English teacher. She had a good ability in English. Furthermore, my respondent has many English teaching experiences in
different context for several years. She ever taught English in elementary school, junior high school, senior high school, and university. In summary, this research
focus to find out code switching during the teaching learning activity by the non- native English teacher in SMKN 1 Jombang.
1.2. Research Questions
According to the statements above, the main problems of the study can be stated as follows:
1 What is the form of teacher‟s code switching in SMK Negeri 1
Jombang?
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2 Why does non-native English teacher switch her code during the
teaching learning activity in SMK Negeri 1 Jombang?
1.3. Objective of the Research
Based on the research questions above, the objective of the research can be stated as follows:
1 To figure out the form of teacher‟s code switching in SMK Negeri 1
Jombang. 2
To explain the reason of the non-native English teacher switching her code during the teaching learning activity in SMK Negeri 1 Jombang
1.4. Significance of the Research
The advantages of this research are presented theoretically and practically. Theoretically, the result of the research can strengthen the theory of code
switching, because this research is conducted in different contexts English classroom. This research analyses code switching during the teaching learning
activity by non-native English teacher. The result of this research can provide explanation for the roles of teacher‟s code switching in English classroom. It
covers the type, function, and the factor of code switching done by non-native English teacher in the classroom
Furthermore, I display the practical advantages of this study: 1 the result of this research can give information to the English teachers that code switching
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can give some advantages in the language teaching. Code switching from English to Indonesia can help the students understand the concept of some materials such
as the concept of genre text. Moreover, code switching also helps the teacher to create an enjoyable situation during the teaching learning process because the
students can listen some jokes from the teacher, 2This research can give other researchers a reference to conduct further research on code switching especially
in the teaching learning activity.
1.5. Scope of the Research
