The Use of Code Switching in the Teaching of English in X-7 at SMA Negeri RSBI 1 Kepanjen

iABSTRACTPurnama, Cynthia Lutfi Cahya. The Use of Code Switching in the Teaching ofEnglish in X-7 at SMA RSBI Negeri 1 Kepanjen. Sarjana’s Thesis, EnglishDepartement, State University of Malang. Advisor: Drs. SetyadiSetyapranata, M.Pd.Key words: code switching, the teaching of English, Pioneering InternationalStandard School (RSBI)This research aims to investigate code switching used by the teachers inthe teaching of English in X-7 at SMA RSBI Negeri 1 Kepanjen. SMA Negeri 1Kepanjen is a public senior high school located in Kepanjen, Malang Districtwhich has become a Pioneering International Standard School (RSBI). There aretwo problems in this research, namely: the types of code-switching used by theresearch subjects in the teaching of English in X-7 at SMA RSBI Negeri 1Kepanjen and the reasons for the use of code switching by the research subjects.The design of this study is descriptive qualitative and the subjects are twoEnglish teachers. The data of the study are the form of written recorded utteranceswhen the teachers are teaching in the classroom. The duration of data collectionstarted from February 4th , 2010 until March 2nd , 2010 which consisted of sixmeetings, three meetings for each teacher (February 16th , 2010 was excludedsince the researcher could not do the observation). The observation was doneevery Tuesday and Thursday.The result shows that there are five types of code switching found in theteaching of English in X-7 at SMA RSBI Negeri 1 Kepanjen used by the twoteachers. They are inter-sentential code switching (50%); intra-sentential codeswitching (43,75%) which involves a word within sentence (27.5%), a nounphrase (10%), intra-lexical code switching (3.75%), both a verb phrase and anindependent clause (1.25 %); emblematic code switching (3.75%); establishingcontinuity with the previous speaker (1.25%) and changing of pronunciationfeatures (1.25%). Besides, there are nine probable reasons for the use of codeswitching by the two English teachers, namely the notion that a speaker may notbe able to express in one language (23.75%), translating words (23.75%),intention of clarifying the speech content for interlocutor (18.75%), repetitionused for clarification (12.5%), talking about a particular topic (6.25%), makingjokes (6.25%), quoting somebody else (3.75%), interjection or inserting sentencefillers or sentence connector (2.5%), and expressing group identity (2.5%). Inaddition, the researcher takes one general reason namely considering efficiency oftime.This study suggests not only the students of linguistics study programmebut also the students of education study programme to think more critically aboutcode switching and other phenomena in other contexts. Besides, it is expected forthe future researchers to conduct their observation in more various contexts so thatthey can enrich much more information about code switching and some otherphenomena