Frequency and Percentage of Code Mixing used among Multilingual Children

Frequency and Percentage of Code Mixing used among Multilingual Children

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Code mixing is a common phenomenon in today's society, occurring in various settings such as schools, buses, and offices. This refers to the use of more than one language element (code) by multilingual speakers. The purpose of this research is to identify the types and forms of code mixing used by students and to analyze the factors involved. Code...

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... Alternation is when a speaker switches from one language to another within a single utterance, but the languages are still relatively separated within the clause. Congruent lexicalization is when two languages share a grammatical structure that can be replaced with lexical elements from either language (Situmorang et al, 2023). The language mixing can be in more than two languages, the English language could be mixed as well generating more confusion to get the meaning of the utterances (Abidasari & Lestari, 2020). ...
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This research aims to describe code switching in classroom communication from the perspective of academic function. In this study, the researcher used the qualitative descriptive research that involved two teachers as research subjects at the MAN 1 Praya, Central Lombok. The technique applied in this research is an observation technique accompanied by a recording technique. At the data analysis stage, the method used in this research is a qualitative descriptive method. The informal presentation model is explained directly in each analysis. The result of the research showed that the code switching owned twelve functions based on conveying English lesson materials. With reference to such functions, code switching in English language learning can be made as far as it satisfies the functions. As the students’ English mastery improves, the use of code switching needs to be reduced.