CODE-SWITCHING AND CODE-MIXING PHENOMENA IN ENGLISH LEARNING PROCESS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

Abstract

Based on the preliminary research, the researcher found that English students commonly used code- switching and code-mixing during the English learning process at the Department of English Education UIN Suska Riau. The researcher aimed: 1) to investigate the types of code-switching and code-mixing, and 2) to find out why the students used those codes in the English learning process. This research used a qualitative descriptive method. The data was collected from the fifth semester of English Education students selected based on purposive sampling technique. The finding of this study showed that the students uttered three types of code-switching, such as inter-sentential, intra- sentential, and tag switching. Then, there are two types of code-mixing uttered by the sample, such as intra-sentential mixing and intra-lexical mixing. Furthermore, the reasons for uttering those codes are; 1) talking about a particular topic, 2) repetition for clarification, 3) the intention of clarifying the speech content for the interlocutor, 4) English as a foreign language, and 5) the student less confidence when speaking.