Code mixing and switching as a mean to introduce new words

25 for several ED students 2008 that come without any bilingual background, applying code mixing and switching makes them feel strange at the beginning. Every academic matter in English Department should be delivered in English. It is like an enforcement for ED students to practice their English. One of my participant, Allen, said that since he joined in some extracurriculars in ED, he h ad to inform recents news to other ED‟s friends. He used Facebook to invite people or deliver news and he often mix the language to make their announcement looked sophisticated. It also happen to Eta that also become familiar with mixing because her circumstances force her to use English and in order to minimize vocabulary or grammatical errors, she tends to mix the language. Conclusion In attempting to answer the research question of this study about the time and the reasons of ED students used code mixing and switching in Facebook, I came up with my accomplishment that the importance of updating Facebook status for ED students 2008 was average. Several participants believed that Facebook was only the media to show their existance in the social media. Related to the time when the participants mix and switch the language, this study found that there were five occasions as an indication of bilingualism through code mixing and code switching. The participants usually used code mixing and switching when: 1 they wanted to find the most appropriate words to best represent their feelings, 2 they quoted people‟s statement, lyrics, or wise words, 3 they grumbled and wanted to show their negative feeling, 4 they checked-in at particular locations, and 5 they had already used code mixing and switching as a habit. Regarding to the second research question, ED students used code mixing and switching for the following reasons: 1 to catch people ‟sinterest because using mixed and