Primary School Second Grade English Language Teaching Program: Insiders’ Views on Its Strengths and Weaknesses

English Teaching Reconstruction at Indonesian Elementary Schools: Students' Point of View

“…A majority of participants showed a positive attitude towards English learning and they believed that they would learn new knowledge and develop language skills in their classrooms. They also agreed that learning English at primary level in elementary schools builds a positive attitude and higher motivation toward this language, which will potentially build a strong should be provided for speaking and listening skills in simple and understandable manner (Erarslan & Topkaya, 2019). If adhered to these suggestions, it will be much easier to meet the students' needs through the curriculum.…”

“…It is contrary to the belief that the decreasing position of English in the curriculum and reducing it to extracurricular has diminished its communicative characteristics (Alwasilah, 2013). Though it is true that by limiting the English language learning hours, there are fewer opportunities to practice this language formally (Erarslan & Topkaya, 2019).…”

“…Besides, there were also five semi-structured questions in the questionnaire. The questionnaire was divided into three parts: the first part dealt with questions about English learning resources outside the school, modified from common instructional materials used by Cakir (2015); the second part consisted of questions related to English learning opportunities, based on past studies literature and experts' opinions (Copland & Garton, 2014;Erarslan & Topkaya, 2019); the third part measured students' perceptions of the English learning in a classroom, modified from studies related to teachers' point of view (Ibrahim et al, 2020;Iyitloglu & Alci, 2015;Jin et al, 2014).…”