A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF USING CODE SWITCHING AND CODE MIXING METHOD ON ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AT SMK TUNAS PELITA

Abstract

The aim of this research 1) to explore the type of each method that frequently usedby the eleventh-grade students of SMK Tunas Pelita Binjai, 2) to identify which method ismore often used by the eleventh-grade students of SMK Tunas Pelita Binjai. Data wereanalysed using descriptive qualitative methods. Data were obtained from speaking testsadministered to students in group in front of the class. The types of code-switching, namelyTag-switching, Inter-sentential, and Intra-sentential, were analysed based on Appel and Muysken theory. As a result, students frequently used Intra-sentential type of code-switching at a rate of 72%, Inter-sentential at a rate of 40,4%, and finally used Tag-switching at a rate of 0%. Types of code-mixing, namely Insertion, Alternation and Congruent Lexicalization, were analysed based on Muysken theory. The results showedthat 70,2% of the students frequently used the Insertion type of code-mixing, while the rateof the Alternation was 21,2%, and the rate of Congruent Lexicalization was 0%. Above all,the results showed the students used code-switching more frequently during theconversation test with total 112,4%, while the code-mixing showed the total 91,4%.