IDENTIFYING INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CENTRE STUDENTS’ TYPES OF CODE-MIXING

Abstract

This study examined the code-mixing found in the students’ conversation at the International Education Centre (IEC). The aim of this study was to find out about the types of code-mixing. This study case uses qualitative research methods along with conceptual analysis. This study was revealed by the writer using Muysken theory.  Data was gathered through the process of studying and learning inside the classroom. The writer recorded and identified the data and took notes from the beginning until the end of the class. The data collection was done in one meeting a week and it took  60 minutes long. The result from transcription shows that there were three types of code-mixing used by students in the learning process, namely (1)  insertion, (2) alternation and (3) congruent lexicalization. Most of the students use varying amounts of code-mixing types’  in their utterances.