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P-ISSN: 2477-1880; E-ISSN: 2502-6623
October 2018, Vol. 3 No. 2
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Script Journal: Journal of Linguistic and English Teaching
P-ISSN 2477-1880, E-ISSN 2502-6623
Received: April 2018 Accepted: October 2018 Published: October 2018
Article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24903/sj.v3i2.202
Teachers’ Use of Code Switching in An English as A Foreign Language
Context in Indonesia
Lingga Agustina Suganda
Universitas Sriwijaya
linggasuganda@gmail.com
Bambang A. Loeneto
Universitas Sriwijaya
loenetobambang@gmail.com
Zuraida
Universitas Sriwijaya
zuraida.blani@gmail.com
Abstract
This study proposed to investigate the phenomena of code switching which refers to the use
of English and Indonesian as a medium of instruction used by the English as a Foreign
Language (EFL) teachers in their classroom discourse. It depicted the attitudes of EFL
teachers and their students towards the patterns, functions, and influence of code switching in
two EFL classes in Indonesia. The data were collected from classroom observation,
interview, and questionnaire which explored the occurrence of code switching during the
teaching and learning process as well as the teachers and students‟ perception on its use in the
classroom context. The results indicated that the switching between English and Indonesian
in the EFL classrooms was very natural since it also became a tool to show the cultural,
social, and communicative aspects of each language despite the amount of its use which
varied greatly from teacher to teacher due to their students‟ English competence.
Keywords: code switching, medium of instruction, English as a Foreign Language (EFL)