A Study of Students’ Attitudes Towards The Use of Code Mixing in English Classroom

Wawan Setiawan; Fitra Mandela

doi:10.58220/jba.v16i1.42

Authors

Wawan Setiawan Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing JIA
Fitra Mandela Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing JIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58220/jba.v16i1.42

Keywords:

code mixing, English classroom, students' attitudes

Abstract

This present study aimed to explore students’ attitudes towards code mixing in English classroom through questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. There were 30 students involved and 5 of the students were chosen to be the interviewees. The results from the two instruments showed that the teacher frequently used English with Indonesian in English classroom, but they had a positive attitude. In contrast, the majority of the students were not happy when their teacher used full English in the classroom. They believed that code mixing was a practical solution and strategy applied by the teacher to make them learn English more easily.

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