Code-switching and Language Learning
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data to draw a conclusion rather than to test the hypothesis. In the descriptive research, the form of data can be qualitative
−in verbal symbols
−or quantitative−in mathematical symbols Dalen, 1973: 195. In this research, qualitative data is employed. Since, qualitative research is basically
interpretative, the researcher made an interpretation of the data through narrative description. Furthermore, it includes analyzing data to their theme or category and
at the last stage drawing conclusions about the interpretation personally as well as theoretically Wolcott, 1994 as cited in Creswell, 2003: 182.
Document analysis was used to answer the first question. According to Leedy and Ormrod 2005: 142, a document analysis was typically performed on a
form of human communication, including books, newspapers, magazine, films, television, art, music, videotapes and transcript of conversation. In this research,
the researcher analyzed a magazine which contains English code-switching. This methodology was used to find out the types of code-switching cases found in the
magazine. Meanwhile, to find out the answer to the second question, the researcher employed library study. The researcher analyzed some written sources
to find out the answer to the second question. There were two kinds of sources in this study. The first was InfoKomputer magazine, in which the code-switching
cases were found, and the second was the theory of reasons for code-switching.
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