Language Choice Used by Balinese Young Generation in Sanur Beach

This research is about sociolinguistics which focuses on choosing the language used by the young Balinese generation on the Sanur beach. This research used Joshua Fishman's theory. The purpose of this study was to identify the choice of Balinese language for the young generation in Sanur, the factors that influence the choice of the use of Balinese in the young generation, the importance of language use, the choice of language according to the young Balinese generation, and the obstacles of the young Balinese generation in using the language. The researcher used a qualitative descriptive approach to manage the data selection in this study. The data is taken from the questionnaire results given by the researcher as the instrument of this research. The data collection results show that the language chosen by the young Balinese generation in Sanur beach is Indonesian. The overall results of this study show that the language choice of the young Balinese generation influenced the language recipient factor and the level of importance of the language itself