MIXED CODE AS A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY AMONG INDONESIAN JAPANESE STUDENTS

Abstract

The strategies used are systematic techniques that can be used to convey messages that are faced with difficulties when communicating because they do not have knowledge of L2 (Japanese). Indonesian Japanese students use mixed code as a strategy to communicate with Japanese Native Speakers (JNS). The use of mixed code in Indonesian Japanese Students in communicating with JNS is a syntactic category that is mixing in 69% word form, 17% phrase and 14% clause. Matrix language that is used in mixed code is Japanese language that is inserted with English and Indonesian. Based on student’s role with value (average) 3,97 using mixed code in question form because of lack in understanding Japanese language that is pronounced by JNS. Meanwhile, JNS use mixed code with value 3,52% in discussing. This is done to help Indonesian Japanese students fluent their communication.