The Implementation of English as Medium of Instruction: Teacher Perception in Senior High School

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10.2991/978-2-38476-166-1_20How to use a DOI?

Keywords

EMI; foreign language; teacher perception

Abstract

Globalisation leads people to learn more than they mother tongue or second language. In order to follow the world with rapid change, people force to learn English as international language. For foreign language learning, it becomes problem when the learner face another language and it is taught in school or university in order to encourage them academically better. Combination of subject and language learning becoming better use of English is high frequency and supported by language input of the teacher. In Indonesia, English is taught for normal school and the school that intentionally expected to reach international standard. There is Qualified senior high school as government decision to push citizen support national development. The students are preparing to face the learning not only subject, but also language in that subject. In English language learning, the class should serve with dominant foreign language exposure, hence it will encourage student vocabulary, proficiency in the end, beside others activities that students do out of class. EMI in language learning can be solution for internationalised education in Indonesia. The study discussed EMI implementation in Senior High School from teacher perception. The participants are English teachers that teach more than three years. Based on the analysis for those teachers, there some fact about EMI in teacher point of view. First, teacher realised that EMI is positive instruction in language learning and it will give benefit in implementation. Second, teacher have enough competency and skill to implement EMI, however the situation cannot support that EMI to standout as instruction to tach foreign language. Third, student competence if EMI is implemented still low. English is not common to the students and therefore proficiency affect they response to EMI. Last, impact to student still low and EMI has to implemented more than qualified school to see effect to the learner and follow globalisation.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Silfia Helmi
AU  - Yuli Tiarina
AU  - Yetti Zainil
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/30
TI  - The Implementation of English as Medium of Instruction: Teacher Perception in Senior High School
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on English Language and Teaching (ICOELT 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 140
EP  - 146
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-166-1_20
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-166-1_20
ID  - Helmi2023
ER  -