The Use of Code Mixing in Learning English as Foreign Language at Senior High School

Abstract

This research aimed to explore students’ perception of the use of Code-mixing in learning English as a foreign language at senior high school. The study aimed to describe the students’ perception of code-mixing used. This study used qualitatively. The data obtained through questionnaires. The data was taken from a Google form essay questionnaire to obtain the data regarding students’ perceptions toward code-mixing. In this study, the researcher chooses participants from eleventh-grade Senior High School students in Karawang. The researcher chooses the object because students appropriate target to get their perceptions when they are learning English as EFL and the researcher has got from nineteen respondents. The results showed that students’ perception, most of them agreed that using code-mixing in the English teaching-learning process is (1) Code mixing is necessary when the teacher explains the material, (2) Code mixing is very helpful for defining new vocabulary and how to pronounce it, (3) Code mixing is used for students to understand the whole material.

Keywords: Code Mixing, Foreign Language, Students’ Perception