AN ANALYSIS OF THE FUNCTIONS OF CODE SWITCHING OF THE ENGLISH TEACHER IN ENGLISH CLASS AT THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP N 4 KEPIL WONOSOBO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

Abstract

In multilingual, the existence of code switching is a common thing. This switching up process most happens in the oral forms that exist in the speech acts such as speech, language teaching, chatting, gossip, meeting, broadcasting news, and so on. This study focuses on the functions of code switching which happen in communication of The English Teacher of SMP N 4 Kepil Wonosobo. In teaching English the teachers should use suitable language. The English teachers use more than one language, and they switch between those languages. In addition to at least two languages (they could be Indonesian language and English language) are used by the English teachers and Javanese language will also be spoken. The phenomenon of code switching is very likely to occur in their communication. Based on the assumption that code-switching most happens in the oral form and is aimed to fulfill certain functions, this thesis clarifies the kinds of the functions of code-switching used by the English teacher in English class. The source of the data is the English teacher of SMP Negeri 4 Kepil Wonosobo  in the academic year of 2012/2013. The researcher use note taking in getting the data then analyzes them. The result tells that the functions of code switching is found by the researcher that quotation with the total number 18 (14.17%), addressee specification with the total number 9 (7.09%), interjection with the total number 9 (7.09%), repetition with the total number 56 (44.09%), message qualification with the total number 11 (8.66%), personalization and objectification with the total number 5 (3.94%), and the last is the facility of expression with the total number 19 (14.96%). Total number of code switching found as many as 127 (100%).

Keywords: analysis, function, code switching, english class.