Indonesia: The Jakarta Post notes that like other countries such as Japan, Korea and Taiwan where the first language is not English, Indonesia is also suffering from a so-called English fever. The symptoms are clear — a strong desire to learn English at an early age. The popular remedies often sought to cure English fever [...]
Indonesia: Effective foreign language learning in school requires the presence of a good teacher and textbook combined with appropriate methodology, suggests Jan E. Dormer in the Jakarta Post. Qualified English teachers are lacking in Indonesia, therefore, schools will often use teachers who have very limited English language skills. The textbook then becomes the only language [...]
Teachers of English in Indonesia should teach practical English rather than mastery of the language , educationist Prof Arief Rachman said here on Friday. “The shortcoming of teachers of English in Indonesia is that they only strive to increase their students` competence in English but not their practical English skill,” Arief Rachman said.
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