23 English. So, if we want to show our ability, why not?”, said Dylan. Based on Dylan‟s
statement indicates that bilingualism should be show off because like a proverb “practice makes perfect” means that practicing language more your language will be better. The others
believe that prestigeous of being bilingual is kind of achievement that ED students 2008 get after they master English in English Department.
3.2 Code mixing and code switching catch people interest.
There were 10 of 20 participants believed that applying bilingualism through mixing and switching can catch people interest. Being bilingual is something fun and interesting
especially when we arrange the language by mix it and find the new terms and by time it becomes popular. For example like “bahasa gaul” which is sometimes mix the language
between English and Indonesia. “So what, gitu loh” is the sentences created by Saykoji, one of the famous Indonesian rapper who firstly blow up this sentence. “So what” is actually
taken from English which asking about reason. “Gitu loh” is taken from the word “begitu loh” function as the complement of the sentence to give more stressing about the meaning.
Yaya said, “ I think mixing the language is something fun because it represent me that want to look different.” Based on Yaya statement, she believes that mixing and switching the
language makes her look different. Annisa said, “I mixing the language to make people interest to me because sometimes I am so bored an
d I want people interest to me”. Both of the statement showing bilingualism through mixing and switching catch the attention of
people especially for those who unfamiliar with English.
3.3 Code mixing and switching are more suitable to share feelings.
I found that mixing the language also a part of the way people express their feeling. There were 8 of 20 ED students that join in the interview believe that mixing language can
express their feeling. Ambar one of the participant sai d, “It is because some terms could not
be change into other words in different language. It may cause the different meaning, not
24 what I am expected.” Most of my participants feel more comfortable to express something in
English even it is combined with Indonesian also. For example : “Lagi bad mood nih....”.
This is actually the common word that ED students and other people usually use to show that they are not in a good mood, rather than write it in Indonesia “Perasaan sedang tidak enak
nih.. ” Whereas, Vina one of my participant stated, “It is OK to mix the language because I
still can share my feeling but keep the privacy because for me Facebook is something private.” The statement above show the benefit of being bilingual, because not all Indonesian
know English so people feel more comfortable to share their feelings while being exist in social media privately.
3.4 Code mixing and switching as a mean to introduce new words
As an ED students who know English, updating status by mixing the language is not only to show their prestige but also to give chances to the other Facebookers to know some
new words. Based on all participants statements, they said that when they update their status using English or mixed languages, they sometimes receive comment asking about the
meaning. However, there were only 8 participants stated that they will tell the meaning to other.
Rafsanjani Yayan in my interview stated, “Sometimes I tell the meaning, but I prefer them to open dictionary to know the meaning because I will look
“sok pintar” if I tell the meaning”. Mostly, ED students will ask them to just find the meaning by themselves in the
dictionary. They say that they do that because as ED students, they want to encourage people to be familiar with dictionary.
3.4. Affected by their surroundings e.g friends, family, or lecturer
The amazing fact found was only 2 participants acquainted the bilingualism in their surroundings. There were some ED students who already grew up in bilingual circumstances
before they joined English Department. They said that they get accustomed to mix the language with the purpose of being communicative when they socialize. On the other hand,
