ENVISAGING CODE-MIXING AND CODE-SWITCHING IN ENGLISH CONVERSATION AMONG THAI STUDENTS: BREACHING THE MOTIVES FROM SOCIOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES

People always communicate to make relationships with others. Some way they do this is the other understand what speaker means. Therefore, uses code-mixing and code-switching listener understand. The purpose of utterance more communicative, friendly show master can speak than two languages. In research, subject students from English Department at Tidar University in Indonesia International Business China Program Faculty Studies Prince Songkla Thailand. This research used a descriptive qualitative method which researchers describe form, types, reason for an educational conversation by All daily life use others or their lecturers because are where all lectures taught English. types code mixing such as insertion, alternation, congruent lexicalization based on Singh Sachan (2017), while intra-sentential, inter-sentential, tag switching Ansar (2017). also found some factors related Hudson (1980) social factors, cultural individual factors. nutshell, stated data analysis, numerous these life, it helps them simplify communication.