Ele Students’ Attitudes Toward Teachers’ Use of Code-Switching in Class

Abstract

The use of code-switching in the ESL/ EFL class is one phenomenon in the teaching world and become considerable debate. Jingxia (2010) stated that “code-switching in foreign language classroom has recently been the subject of considerable debate” (p.11). The purpose of this research is to know the ELE students’ attitudes toward teachers’ use of code-switching in ELE classes. In this research quota sampling was used. The participants of this research were 108 students (25%) of English Language Education Program at Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana, Salatiga, Indonesia. I took the participants from four batches (i.e., the year when students were admitted in the program). The four batches were 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. The data were collected using a questionnaire with contains closed-ended questions and open-ended questions. The results of this research consist of six themes. First was the degree of students’ agreement with teachers’ use of code-switching in the ELE classes; second was the desirability of code-switching to Indonesian in ELE classes; third was the ideal frequency of ELE teachers’ use of Indonesian; fourth was the language that students prefer to be taught during the process of learning and teaching in ELE classes; fifth was the perceived benefit of ELE teachers use of code-switching in the learning process; and sixth was the situations that ELE teachers’ use when code-switching in the class. The result of this research showed that code-switching is beneficial and almost the students gave good attitudes toward the teachers’ use of code-switching in class. Therefore teachers in ESL/ EFL class especially for teachers in ELE can be able to use code-switching as a tool for teaching in the class.