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1.2 Reason for Choosing Topic
Code-switching can be found frequently in many places. It is also found frequently in school. The teachers use code-switching during teaching and
learning process in the classroom. They use it for giving informations and lesson materials to students. The use of code-switching has some advantages
for communication in the classroom. It becomes a common phenomenon in teaching and learning activity. It is determined by culture and habit of the
teachers. The behavior of teachers to express and convey the information using code-switching in the classroom need to be studied to get the overview
about the teachers’ code-switching that occur naturally in the classroom. Based on the information above, the writer is interested in doing
research about code-switching that is used by the teacher in the chemistry classroom in SMA Negeri 14 Semarang. The writer choosed this school
because it is one of the national standard schools in Semarang. Further, the writer wants to know the types, the functions and the role of code-switching
which is used by the teacher in the classroom. The writer only takes the utterances of the teacher during teaching and learning process in the
chemistry classroom. In teaching and learning process, the chemistry teacher uses Indonesian as the primary language, Javanese and English as secondary
languages. Furthermore, besides explaining about the types and the function of teacher’s code-switching in conveying lesson material to the student in the
classroom, the writer also reveals the role, and the reason of code-switching in teacher’s emotion.
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Classroom of SMA Negeri 14 Semarang.
1.3 Statement of the Problem
To explain the scope of this study, the problem limitation should be stated. The purpose of problem limitation is to avoid misunderstanding of this
problem and as an important bases for the further explanation of the problem. This research is one part of the sociolinguistic study that emphasizes on code-
switching in communication, especially in the classroom, therefore, the problem of this study can be stated as follows:
1. What are the types of code-switching that is present in the utterances of the chemistry teacher of SMA Negeri 14 Semarang in the classroom?
2. What are the functions of code-switching used by the chemistry teacher of SMA Negeri 14 Semarang in the classroom?
3. What are the roles and the reasons of code- switching in teacher’s
emotion?
1.4 Objective of the Study