LOPA DINATA Pengarang Yulfi, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 2 Ardayati, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 1 Syaprizal, M.Pd Penguji 2 Ardayati, M.Pd. Ketua Penguji Dr. Ani Fiani, S.S., M.Pd. Penguji 1 LOPA DINATA Contributor

The objective of the research was to describe tag and intersentential code switching found in English young learners classroom interaction and to find out the reason why the teacher and students at Ganesha English Courses Lubuklinggau used code switching. There were two research questions in this research, they were what were tag and intersentential code switching found in English young learners classroom interaction and why did the teacher and students use tag and intersentential code switching. Setting of this research were Ganesha English Courses Lubuklinggau. The qualitative approach in descriptive qualitative research design was used in this research because the data was in the form of words rather than the number. The data were collected by means of the observation and interviews. Then the data were analyzed by using transcribing and analyzing. The result of this research show, there were found 31 data; (1) 15 tag codes switching, and (2) 16 intersentential codes switching. Teacher used tag and intersentential code switching in teaching and learning process because of partners, make it easier for students to understand what is being said, to facilitate teaching and learning process and the students used tag and intersentential code switching because of often forget about the word in English, lack of understanding of the material in English. Key words: Classroom Interaction, English Young Learners, Intersentential, Tag