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

DOI

10.2991/conaplin-18.2019.232How to use a DOI?

Keywords

English language policy; extracurricular subject; primary schools

Abstract

This study is an attempt to give a descriptive review on the development of English in primary schools. Additional data about the practical consequences of this recent policy to schools are also provided. To achieve those purposes, the data were collected from relevant article journals as well as any pertinent documents, completed by an observation in a kindergarten and interviews with some principals and teachers. As a result, English never becomes the compulsory subject in primary schools. In addition, the latest English language status, as extracurricular subject, causes the deviating impacts to some schools, such as in a suburban area. Specifically, schools with good supporting factors (qualified teacher resources, enough infrastructure, and abundant budget) use English for their school ‘branding’; in contrast, schools which have any restraint in funding prefer to delete English subject in those schools.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yustika Nur Fajriah
PY  - 2019/06
DA  - 2019/06
TI  - A Review of English Language Policy and Its Implication to Indonesian Education Sector: Primary school level
BT  - Proceedings of the Eleventh Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 91
SN  - 2352-5398
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