AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHERS’ CODE-SWITCHING PRACTICE IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING ENGLISH AT SMAN 2 PADANG CERMIN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2016/207

Code-switching is a phenomenon that exists in bilingual/multilingual societies like in Indonesia where people usemore than one language to communicate including in the process of teaching English at SMAN 2 Padang Cermin in the academic year of 2016/2017.Based on the preliminary research, the teachers practiced code-switching in order to help them in delivering materials. In the process of code-switching, the teachers practiced more Bahasa Indonesia than English and sometimes practiced their local language. The aims of this research were to investigate the types of codeswitching, the functions of teachers’ code-switching, and the languages involved. This research was conducted through descriptive qualitative method.The researcher used purposeful sampling technique to determine the research subject. The researcher decided to choose two English teachers as the research subject.In collecting the data, the researcher used observation and interview. The researcher used data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing or verification in analyzing the data. The findings from the data analysis indicated that the types of code-switching were found in three types: inter-sentential code-switching, intra-sentential code-switching, and tag-switching. The functions of code-switching used by English teachers were found for three functions: topic switch, affective function, and repetitive function. Moreover, there were four languages involved in the process of code-switching: English, Bahasa Indonesia, Arabic, and Sundanese