463 Formal and Informal Exposure in Acquiring English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia – Teachers’ Challenge in The 21st Century  

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Lestariningsih, Fransisca Endang

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 1, page 605-612.
Topik: formal exposure; informal exposure; EFL; 21st century challenge
Fulltext: hal 605.pdf (16.58MB)

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Indonesian students have got English subject since they are in middle school (SMP). In addition, based on the policy of the Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia No. 0487/4/1992, Chapter VIII, English may even be thought earlier, in elementary school, and it has been one of the exceptional subjects in almost every elementary school in Indonesia. There are, however, still many students, who continue their studies to higher education, who do not have good enough skills in English, especially for reading references, writing reports, discussing, and presenting academic topics. This paper would like to analyze the reasons behind the “failure” of acquiring English among students in Indonesia by reviewing some articles concerning with second language acquisition and teachers’ challenge in the 21st century, and to give some recommendations to teachers with the emphasis on the formal and informal exposure of the usage of English.

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