A Review of English Language Policy and Its Implication to Indonesian Education Sector: Primary school level

Fajriah, Yustika Nur

doi:10.2991/conaplin-18.2019.125

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“…Related to this, a lot of studies have been done. Some studies focus on how English language policy is claimed good by Arif (2015), Zein (2017), Lestari (2013), Ahmad (2011), Lie (2007), and Fajriah (2019) that majority of teachers who become sample in this research agree that English should be taught from elementary school. In other words they do not agree if the English is removed from elementary school level.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Thus, any decision to teach English to very young learners should be based on a keen appreciation of the challenges such a decision entails as well as on a research-based view of advantages and disadvantages of teaching a foreign language to children at this age. Another assumption also stated by Fajriah (2019) concluded that English in primary education is considered not necessary to be taught in the primary schools since the government never puts English as a compulsory subject, yet as additional one.…”

Section: B Teachers' and Parents' Belief 1) Teachers' Beliefmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Teachers’ and Parents’ Perception on English Language Policy in Elementary School

Rahim

Fajriah

2021

EEAL

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Due to the latest alteration of English status in elementary schools in Indonesia; that is, as extracurricular subject, this research aims to find out teachers’ perceptions on the recent English language policy in the primary school level and parents’ perceptions on the deletion of English subject in elementary school. To fulfill this aim, semi-structured interview was used as the instrument in collecting the data. The data were then analyzed inductively through the phases; recording, transcribing, categorizing, and interpreting. As the results, English teachers and parents had the same perceptions on the deletion of English in elementary school stage. Specifically, they disagreed with the abolished of English in Elementary School, almost the participants, not only teachers but also parents, expected English to be included in the curriculum so that the position of English is a local content in elementary school learning, and if possible English is aligned with other subjects. Therefore, the goverment is expected to reconsider this policy about the English status in Elementary school stage.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: B Teachers' and Parents' Belief 1) Teachers' Beliefmentioning

confidence: 99%