Bilingual Education in Indonesia: A Call for Its Reimplementation in the National Context

Abstract

This paper proposes new ways of reimplementing a form of bilingual education in Indonesia. Bilingual education was once implemented at international standard schools in Indonesia but failed for some reasons. The authors propose a more suitable form of bilingual education in Indonesia based on language acquisition theories which suggest that bilingual education should be developed on the basis of content-based instruction focusing on visual and physical ways of teaching. In this respect, physical education and arts should be prioritised over mathematics, ICT, and science subjects.

Language, Society, and Cultural Differences in Representation: The Strange Case of Malangese Boso Walikan

“…Using the second approach, Hall shows the importance of society by saying that discourses are "a cluster (or formation) of ideas, images, and practices, which provide ways of talking about, forms of knowledge and conduct associated with, a particular topic, social activity or institutional site in society" (p.6). It should be noted that in any society, language can be a problem involving personality and social problems (e.g., split identity and low self-esteem) and political problems (e.g., regional conflicts and national disunity) (Baker & Wright, 2017;Masduqi, 2010;Masduqi & Subiyanto, 2020). Therefore, people should be sensible and tolerant whenever they grapple with the delicate issues of language, society, and cultural differences.…”