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teach them. It was possible for the teacher to do code switching because it was beneficial to both students and teacher.
By applying code switching in English learning, it helped the students to understand the teacher’s explanation. Moreover, code switching also helped the
teacher to communicate with the students. When the students understand the material which the teacher delivered, they became motivated and active during the
class activities. They were not afraid to ask and answer the questions. By seeing the case that occured in SMP N 2 Mlati, the researcher felt that the implementation
of code switching in English learning might be important and beneficial for the students to understand the materials.
In this study, the researcher was interested to conduct a study on code switching done by an English teacher in teaching English. The researcher chose
this topic because of her personal experience when she did Internship Program. She found the phenomena of code switching in teacher’s utterances. The English
teacher often did code switching to the students who were multilingual when he taught English lesson. Moreover, the intensity of teacher’s code switching was
different according to the class and situation. It motivated the researcher to conduct a research about the implementation of code switching in education
world, especially in SMP N 2 Mlati.
B. Research Problems
In this study, the researcher would like to address two questions related to code switching used by an English teacher in teaching English to the eighth grade
students of SMP N 2 Mlati. Those two questions are: PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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1. What are the types of code switching used by an English teacher in teaching
English to the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Mlati? 2.
What are the functions of code switching used by an English teacher in teaching English to the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Mlati?
C. Problem Limitation
This research is specified to the use of code switching in teaching English in the classroom. It involves not only code switching between English and
Indonesian, but also English and Indonesian. In this research, the researcher will focus on the types and the functions of code switching spoken by the English
teacher when teaching English. This research was conducted in SMP N 2 Mlati. It discussed code
switching only in SMP N 2 Mlati, especially in English subject of the eighth grade students. It was not discuss code switching in other subjects or other places.
D. Research Objectives
This study about code switching used by English teacher of SMP N 2 Mlati has some goals which have to be reached. The goals are presented below:
1. To identify the types of code switching used by an English teacher in
teaching English to the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Mlati. 2.
To find out the functions of code switching used by an English teacher in teaching English to the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Mlati.
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E. Research Benefits
The researcher expects that this study can give the benefits to the readers, the English teachers, the students, the future English teachers, and also the next
researchers.
1. The Readers
By reading this thesis, the researcher hopes that the readers understand the types and the functions of code switching. Moreover, the readers will have new
and wider knowledge about the advantages of the use Indonesian towards English language in English teaching and learning through code switching.
2. The English Teachers
The result of this study can be used as reflection for the English teachers whether they have applied code switching or not when they are teaching the
students. It is because code switching is important to be used in English teaching and learning, especially for ESLEFL students.
3. The Students
The implementation of code switching in English teaching and learning can improve students’ understanding and help the students to learn English better
because they understand some words, phrases, and sentence that are difficult or not familiar for them.
4. The Future English Teachers
The researcher expects that this study can give an image to the future English teachers about the reality in teaching English. In teaching, they have to
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English subject, so they must be able to make a plan and strategy in order to help the students understand about the materials given.
5. The Next Researchers
The researcher hopes that this study will give a contribution for the future research development and encourage the future researchers to conduct further
study on sociolinguistics, especially on code switching.
F. Definition of Code Switching
The researcher would like to define some terms related to the definition of code switching. Hoffman 1991 states that code switching involves the alternate
use of two languages or linguistic varieties within the same utterance or during the same conversation. This statement is supported by Richard 1985 who suggests
that code switching is a term in linguistics referring to replacement between two or more languages in a single conversation, stretch of discourse, or utterances
between people who have more than one language in common. In short, code switching is a linguistics term that refers to the use of two or more languages in
the same utterance or conversation in the multilingual society. In this study, code switching refers to the preference of the English teacher of SMP N 2 Mlati to
switch the language English to Indonesian or English to Javanese in the English teaching and learning activities for the eighth grade students.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter reviews important studies to support the present research. The aim of this chapter is to give the basic principles of the formulated problems. This
chapter consists of two main parts, theoretical description and theoretical framework. Theoretical description gives explanation of underlying theories
related to the use of code switching in English language teaching. In addition, theoretical framework discusses the theories that have been employed.
A. Theoretical Description
In this section, some theories are elaborated. The theories that are elaborated are bilingualism and multilingualism, and the theory of code switching.
The elaborations of each theory are presented below.
1. Bilingualism and Multilingualism
The theories of bilingualism and multingualism become important since these are the backgrounds of code switching phenomenon. Living in a
multicultural society deals with different cultures and languages. People who live
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