the Use of Code-Switching in Javanese Art Performance Done by Students of SMPN 1 Kesesi Kabupaten Pekalongan

Abstract

The study examines the language used by students in Javanese art performance in junior high school. The studentswho are multilingual tried to portrayJavanese, English, Bahasa combined with their accent of Pekalongan Javanese. This language context association process may represent students’ knowledge. The art performance is story telling about fable and it is in Javanese combining with Pekalongan accent. The aims of the study are to explain the conversational functions of code switching occuring in Javanese Performing art done by students of SMPN 1 Kesesi and to describe the factors accounted for the code switching. The study is descriptive qualitative. This methodology are recorded, transcribed, identified, categorized and reduced. Finally, the classification falls into 6 conversational functions. Factors such as participants, topics, setting, attitudes, values and culture accounted for switching codes at Javanese art performance in SMPN 1 KesesiKabupatenPekalongan, Central Java. The result of the analysis also shows that 3 languages are used by students in switching codes. Keywords: code switching, story telling, multilingual.