Types and Reasons of Teachers' Code Switching: A Case Study at MKU Program of Hasanuddin University Doing an Online English Teaching

Simon Sitoto, Harun Adisua Toding Rante, Naomi Patiung

Abstract: The study aims to describe and reveal the types and reasons of code switching used by the teachers in conducting teaching and learning process at the MKU program, Hasanuddin University doing an online English teaching. This research used a qualitative descriptive method. The data presented were collected by recording the learning process and using questionnaires. After that, sentences containing code switching were identified and collected. Furthermore, the data were classified based on the types and the reasons for teachers to use code switching and then analyzed descriptively. The results show that there are four types of code switching used, namely, intraclausal, intraphrasal, intralexical, and interclausal switching. The results also indicate three main reasons why the teachers use code switching, namely different levels of student?s competence in understanding the material and the lack of Indonesian words, and giving emphasis or clarity of the switched items.

Keywords: sociolinguistics, codeswitching, teacher, reasons, types, descriptive, MKU