It is widely known that English is important for Indonesia. The fundamental reason for this is English is well known as their power to become an international language. The number of people who speak English is used to determine the international status of this language. According to Crystal (2003), in 2002 there are approximately 2,000 million people who speak English throughout the world. Based on Kachru (1992) circle diagram, the early English was divided into three big circles; inner circles, outer circles and expanding circle. Indonesia’s status is on the expanding circle, which means, English, as a foreign language. In Indonesia, despite the fact that English has no broad use among the community, people still see it as a priority. Alvina …show more content…
Even though, they have an English subject, it is very basic of English. Besides, Indonesia is still a developing country, still quite a lot of people in Indonesia are living in poverty. According to Tambunan (2010), he stated that poverty in Indonesia on 2011 is around 11.42%. However that percentage is just estimation as there are a lot of distraction to do the survey for each village in Indonesia. Moreover, local people who teach English, most of them have their own jargon words to English. Not only of their slang, but the teacher qualification to teach is very low. These factors lead to concern about how will they teach English to the students. Therefore, to advance their English, people tend to go aboard to learn. In this case, only those people who are wealthy that can go aboard. On the other hand, those people who lives under poverty, they will stuck in Indonesia and cannot enhance their English skills. This may improve the role of elitist by people who can study aboard. Since English has been used throughout the world, human beings who cannot strengthen their English will be hard to adapt in their …show more content…
With information we can know what people around the world are doing, what are the newest technology, about political and many other things. Information can be acquired easily these days, by using digital devices such as smartphone or tablet. English has been the most powerful language now and it is also become the international language. Therefore, a lot of information that has been shared is using English as their medium. By using English the author believed that all people would understand and know what the information is. Kenji Kitao (1996) has stated that English is the major language of Information and news, 80% of data is stored and processed by using English. Even in other country where English is used as a minority language, there is at least one newspaper is used in English
Years after this mentality is taught, it will stick with the students and improve their outlook on the world. In Mrs. Hamma’s class, teaching basic English to immigrants will help improve their speaking abilities as well as improve their social standing. Joseph Fong, a Chinese immigrant taking the course, presented to the class his reason for taking the class. He says “I taking the course in Basic English to speak good and improve my position better in this country” (Mohr 197). At this moment in time, clearly, he is not proficient in speaking English.
Ansari 1 Roshanak Ansari Professor Covington English 1101 November 23, 2017 Final Research Paper Over the past decade, the United States has become more diverse in different nationalities and cultures. If American high schools were to offer more options in foreign languages for the students to choose from, there would be an increase in their IQ’s and they would have better career opportunities. Some of the benefits of being bilingual or knowing another foreign language besides your mother tongue are better health, new and improved job opportunities and it can also improve your competitiveness in the job market.
Most of the world now requires individuals to speak English. The language is so common that most continents’ institutions are putting English into their curriculums. However, some places have put English as their second language. These countries are falling behind as the world is advancing. Eventually, they will lose contact with the rest of the English speaking world.
Speaking English becomes one of substantial ability for people nowadays that can be one of causes I have studied in Canada. People are exposed many field where they should use English language when people are surfing internet, reading original major program books even meeting foreign people in work places. These reasons are that why I have learned English since elemental school student in Korea; nevertheless, my English ability was struggled. Since, they taught to focus on only English grammar not practical speaking. Consequently, I decided to come to Canada.
English has become the official language in India and the Philippines, and there are a lot of English speakers in China. It was said that China and India hold the key to the long-term future of English becoming a global language. So if many people in their home country already speak English, when they move to the United States, they’re most likely to keep speaking it. Asian in American are learning English to adapt to the better means of communication. “Asians in America are learning English for the same reason.
Malay is a language spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Thailand. Malay comes from Austronesian languages which are divided into four groups. They are Indonesian, Malanesian, Autronesian, and Polynesian. Malay or Bahasa Melayu is a national language in Malaysia and it is used as a language instruction in education, in formal or informal settings or events. Malay and English language even differ in their origin and history.
“INDONESIA MENGAJAR” PROGRAM TO INCREASE THE EDUCATION QUALITY OF INDONESIAN STUDEN IN REMOTE AREAS Indonesia is a developing country with a large population, more than 240 millions of people and still increasing. In a country with that large of populations, Indonesia is facing number of problems. One of the big problems that Indonesia encounters now is in education generally. Financial, corruption, educators issue, school facility, education system, and curriculum are several problems in education that Indonesia need to solve.
Introduction Information is something that can be known with the connected to both knowledge and communication. It was consist for everything from spoken words, written communication, sheets of music, photographs and paintings, to computer codes and scientific formula. Information must have in context from which people can understand about the information.. It must have a connected for that word to giving it meaning who the information comes from many sources. Many people are surrounded by information which is on newspapers, billboards, internet, television, radio, the surroundings and people.
In addition, a majority 70% of the participants also believed that it is beneficial to learn English and Bahasa Indonesia as first languages in school as English and Bahasa both use the Latin alphabets. If English was the first language used in schools, they believe that it will not affect their native language as they will most likely use Bahasa with their family frequently at home. However, the other 30% of the respondents commented if English is used as the first language in school, as time passes, they would identify less and become less proficient with their native language. One participant also commented on the importance of Bahasa in uniting the nation and forging a national identity out of hundreds of ethnic groups and different dialects in Indonesia.
The use of information refers to what people do with information
Conclusion: In a conclusion, learning English as a second language is common in people who want to have more working opportunities. However their learning styles are not the same neither their motivation nor their social status, this is why teachers have to know their
Information has become our basic need today. Our daily life is very much dependant on the information which is stored digitally. The reason is the exposure of an individual to the technology which has made the world a global village. We are accessing emails, forming social networks, online business, performing searching operations, share information etc. with such a huge exposure and access to the information it has become an important aspect of our life.
He states examples of why speaking English is important and says that speaking English fluently is the “key to upward mobility in the United States.” Lazear concludes that a way
English as a global language We can’t deny that English has become an international language for communication between all mankind , it is the common language between most of the countries , English is a global language which is spoken as a native language and a second language in most of the countries , and we noticed that people who use English as a second language are way more than people who speak it as a native language , it is taught in every country in this world , it is using as a medium language of understanding between the teacher and the learner , you can see it in banks , supermarkets , in road signs and in international web pages, it is the language that you see and hear every day, so speaking English become a must , also we can’t ignore the fact that English is the language of global communication at medical , tourism , trade and other elements of language use , So English is so important in our various lives aspects. So in this essay I am going to discuss the reasons of how English become a global language and is it a good or bad thing? and what is the advantages and did advantages of spreading of English? There is a lot of reasons that helped to make English a global language and one of the most important reasons is policy , the west colonization for the countries had helped English to spread and distribute by imposing the language and the west culture on the colony countries , so we can say it is all because of the strength that the west had on the world
Information is obtained by data, knowledge and business intelligence. Without information, people cannot make decision through their business or life. Basically, without information we can say something not true and can’t make decisions. Technology would not work without obtaining information. We need to use information through our lives by knowledge, newspaper, books and many more to improve technology.