CODE SWITCHING AND CODE MIXING BY ENGLISH TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS OF EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP N 18 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

This research is aimed, (1) to describe what kinds code switching and code mixing in the process of English language teaching at SMP N 18 Purworejo, (2) to describe the reason of the teacher code switching and code mixing in English classroom of eighth grade in SMP N 18 of Purworejo. this research is a a descriptive qualitative, the  aims to describe the occurrencee of code switching and code mixing including the kind and reason that cause such events occur. The data were in the forms of utterances that consist of Code switching and code mixing from English to Indonesian or Indonesian to English in classroom communications.  There are two kinds of code switching was found in English class of SMP N 18 of Purworejo. They are situational code switching and metaphorical code switching. And there are three kinds of code mixing. They are insertion code switching, alternation, congruent lexicalization. The teacher code switch and code mix their languages because the students can’t completely understand the teacher explanation. And the result of the research, the researcher suggested to the teacher that code switching and code mixing were needed in the English teaching learning process. Hopefully, the students would accept the material easily.

Keyword: code switching, code mixing, bilingual, English classroom