THE NON-NATIVE ENGLISH TEACHER’S CODE SWITCHING AT SMKN 1 JOMBANG(Umi Kulsum’s Sociolinguistic Profile in Teaching English)

Abstract

Code switching is inevitable in a teaching learning activity. This research discusses non-native English teacher’s code switching in SMK Negeri 1 Jombang. Holmes’ theory (2001) is used to find out the types, and reason for code switching. This research belongs to qualitative research. The data are teacher’s utterances when she conducted code switching in teaching learning activity. I used non-participant observation, and non-structured interview in gathering the data. In analyzing the data, I used referential (identity) method. Informal technique was used to describe the data. The result shows that the teacher did inter-sentential switching, intra-sentential switching, tag switching, and situational switching. Some factors forced the teacher to switch her code. The factors are students’ proficiency, teacher’s attitude, the difference between Indonesian and English, and the objective of learning. Moreover, the functions of code switching are to make humor, to show feeling, to show solidarity, to translate some words, to give advice, to give explanation, to manage the class, and to emphasize some points. In summary, code switching plays a positive role in teaching learning process by the non-native English teacher.