An Analysis of the Use of Code-Switching by English Teacher in Speaking Class at English Department

dr. karsiman, m.pd.; hamzah puadi ilyas, ph.d.; silih warni, ph.d.;

The objective of the research is to find out the types of Code-Switching used by an English teacher in speaking class at the English department at the University of Muhammadiyah Sorong. Besides, this researcher also aims at finding out the reason for teachers’ Code-Switching and students’ perspectives towards teachers’ Code-Switching in speaking class. The method used in this research is qualitative research through observation. An
English teacher in the speaking class was observed to analyzed the teachers’ Code-Switching. An interview was also done with the teacher to know the reason of Code-Switching. Meanwhile, to know the perspective of students towards teachers’ Code-Switching, the questionnaires were spread to 29 students in speaking class. The finding shows the type of Code-Switching that the teacher mostly uses is intrasentential switching (61 times), but the lowest is inter-sentential (5 times). The reasons of teachers Code- Switching can be divided into four points; to Emphasize the Point, to Clarify the Meaning, to express themselve clearly, to Check the Understanding. Toward the teachers’ Code- Switching, the students fell comfortable in both of the languages used
by the teacher in speaking class. Therefore, the teachers are suggested to use code-switching in teaching speaking class as one of the alternative techniques to make the student understand the material as a second language.