A Teacher’s Code-mixing Practices in a High School Efl Classroom
Abstract
This research aims to analyze the types of code mixing in the English
teaching-learning process an English teacher uses in one of the private high schools
in Yogyakarta. Using qualitative methods, this research used descriptive research
built toward theory from observations and intuitive understandings gleaned from
being in the field. The data collection was done by observation for investigated the
type of code mixing .The result of this research showed three types of code mixing
by Musyken (2000) applied in this EFL classroom: insertion, alternation, and
congruent lexicalization. The outcome demonstrated that implications of those
practices are help teacher to enhance students understanding in target language and
make communication in classroom interaction easier between teacher and students.