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CODE-SWITCHING AMONGST UITM B. ED. TESL STUDENTS: AWARENESS,

FREQUENCY AND SITUATIONS

ADAM ZULHILMI BIN AHMAD

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA 2014

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FAKULTI PENDIDIKAN

UNIVERISITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

JULAI 2014

ADAM ZULHILMI BIN AHMAD

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LATIHAN ILMIAH INI TELAH DIKEMUKAKAN UNTUK MEMENUHI

SEBAHAGIAN DARIPADA SYARAT UNTUK MEMPEROLEH IJAZAH

SARJANA MUDA PENDIDIKAN DALAM PENGAJARAN BAHASA

INGGERIS SEBAGAI BAHASA KEDUA (TESL) DENGAN KEPUJIAN

MR. FAZYUDIAHMtfD NADZRI

PENYELIA

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PROF. DR. MOHD MUSTAFA BIN MOHD GHAZALI

DEKAN FAKULTI PENDIDIKAN

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DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the work in this academic exercise is my own except for the

quotations and summaries, which have been duly acknowledge

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PENGAKUAN

Saya mengaku bahawa karya ini adalah hasil kerja saya sendiri kecuali nukilan dan

ringkasan yang setiap satunya telah dinyatakan sumbernya.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to use this segment of the paper to give special thanks to those who

contributed and assisted in the completion of this academic exercise. I shall begin by

thanking Mr. Fazyudi Ahmad Nadzri of the Faculty of Education, UiTM. His valuable

advice and knowledge is the foundation that made it possible for me to complete this

paper. I would also like to thank my family for their unwavering support throughout

my research. I would like to extend a special thanks to the respondents that were very

cooperative and helpful. The highest of gratitude to my life partner, Ernie Mastika

Binti Dollah, for her unshakeable belief in me and for her constant support throughout

this research and for putting up with me even when I hardly got any sleep for several

days on end. Finally, I would like to thank anyone who contributed to the completion

of this work, directly or indirectly, and may God bless us all.

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Abstract

Given that code-switching is common in bilingual societies such as Malaysia,

Malaysians will often revert to their mother tongue when unable to express themselves

instead of finding out the appropriate word to be used in the English language. This

linguistic phenomenon has also been observed by the researcher to be prominent

amongst B. Ed TESL students. Their reliance on this technique may give detrimental

effects to their learning of the language that they will, in future, teach. Thus, this

research is aimed to answer the research questions which comprise of whether are

UiTM B. Ed TESL students aware of code-switching, how frequent do UiTM B. Ed

TESL students code-switch and finally in what situations do UiTM B. Ed TESL

students code-switch? The data of this qualitative research design was obtained

through semi structured interview which was divided into two; informal and formal.

The data that has been obtained from the research yielded results that are rather

interesting. The most significant finding is that the B. Ed TESL students code-switch

on a regular basis when in an informal linguistic register. It was found that each

respondent of the interview code-switched without much hesitation during the

informal interview section. Another finding that is of interest is that the respondents,

although admittedly unaware of their code-switching tendencies, are able to clearly

state with whom they are able to code-switch with and with whom they avoid code-

switching.