An Analysis on Code Mixing Used by Teachers and Students in ELT Classrooms

Abstract

Sociolinguistics is a discipline of linguistics that examines how language and society interact. When communicating with others, each person in the world has their own distinctive language style. People who speak a variety of languages can combine different languages into a single speech; this is known as code-mixing in sociolinguistics. This study, which is qualitative in nature, looks at the many kinds of code mixing that teacher employ when teaching English as a second language (ELT) in the classroom. Data collection for this study used the documentation technique. Speeches made by English teachers and students in the school's ELT classes were recorded and then qualitatively examined to form the study's quantitative data. The research revealed that extrasentential code-mixing was primarily used by the teachers. The purpose of the usage of code-mixing was to make explanations and inquiries about the study materials clearer.