CODE-SWITCHINGS EMPLOYED BY TEACHER IN TEACHING ENGLISH

Abstract

This research was designed to analyze the use of code-switching by teacher in teaching English. The subjects of this research were some English teacher of the eleventh graders of SMK Perwari Tulungagung, majoring in Office Administration. This class was chosen because the teacher used two languages (English and Indonesian) in the teaching process. Because the students had difficulties in understanding the teacher’ explanation if the teacher used English all the time, the teacher sometimes needed to code-switch to Indonesian during the teaching and learning process. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative because the data are in the form of words and sentences. The techniques of collecting the data are observation, interview, and note taking. The findings show that the English teacher sometimes code-switch to Indonesian in the teaching and learning process in order to ensure that their students can really understand the explanations being given.