Evaluation of English as a foreign language and its curriculum in Indonesia: a review
The most widely used language in research, business, politics and other areas of life in our contemporary world is the English language. The exploration of the world by the British people through colonization and their conquest of North America contribute immensely to the spreading of the language....
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my.utm.527602018-06-30T00:45:00Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/52760/ Evaluation of English as a foreign language and its curriculum in Indonesia: a review Mappiasse, Sitti Syamsinar Sihes, Ahmad Johari LB Theory and practice of education The most widely used language in research, business, politics and other areas of life in our contemporary world is the English language. The exploration of the world by the British people through colonization and their conquest of North America contribute immensely to the spreading of the language. This paper traces the historical spread of English as a language, the methods that were used to teach it across the ages and its adoption as a foreign language in Indonesia. It also examines its introduction to the senior high school and the effectiveness of the present curriculum. Findings show that the current program requires upgrading, while a lot of administrative adjustments are required to encourage students learning the language as part of the curriculum. It was further concluded that the only way to improve quality of graduates and make them useful in the international labor market is to incorporate English as part of the curriculum and as medium of teaching in Indonesia. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014 Article PeerReviewed Mappiasse, Sitti Syamsinar and Sihes, Ahmad Johari (2014) Evaluation of English as a foreign language and its curriculum in Indonesia: a review. English Language Teaching, 7 (10). pp. 113-122. ISSN 1916-4742 http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v7n10p113 DOI:10.5539/elt.v7n10p113 |
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The most widely used language in research, business, politics and other areas of life in our contemporary world is the English language. The exploration of the world by the British people through colonization and their conquest of North America contribute immensely to the spreading of the language. This paper traces the historical spread of English as a language, the methods that were used to teach it across the ages and its adoption as a foreign language in Indonesia. It also examines its introduction to the senior high school and the effectiveness of the present curriculum. Findings show that the current program requires upgrading, while a lot of administrative adjustments are required to encourage students learning the language as part of the curriculum. It was further concluded that the only way to improve quality of graduates and make them useful in the international labor market is to incorporate English as part of the curriculum and as medium of teaching in Indonesia. |
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Evaluation of English as a foreign language and its curriculum in Indonesia: a review |
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