Language, Globalisation, and National Identity: A Study of English-Medium Policy and Practice in Indonesia

Autor/inn/en	Fitriati, Sri Wuli; Rata, Elizabeth
Titel	Language, Globalisation, and National Identity: A Study of English-Medium Policy and Practice in Indonesia
Quelle	In: Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 20 (2021) 6, S.411-424 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-8458
DOI	10.1080/15348458.2020.1777865
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Self Concept; Language of Instruction; English (Second Language); Language Role; Nationalism; Educational Change; Economic Development; Knowledge Economy; Human Resources; Educational Policy; Indonesian Languages; High School Students; Language Usage; Teacher Attitudes; Code Switching (Language); Ethnography; Classroom Communication; Second Language Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Selbstkonzept; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Nationalismus; Bildungsreform; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Knowledge society; Economy; Wissensgesellschaft; Wirtschaft; Humankapital; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Indonesisch; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Sprachgebrauch; Lehrerverhalten; Ethnografie; Klassengespräch; Zweitsprachenerwerb
Abstract	This paper uses a study of the withdrawal of English as a medium of instruction in Indonesian schools to examine the role of language in nation-building using the sociological concept of imaginary signification. The main reason for the withdrawal is located in the tension between two main imaginary significations of the nation's identity. The government saw Indonesia in terms of its economic ambitions. Indonesia was to enter the global knowledge economy, and the education system was to provide the human resources to do so. The teachers understood the use of Bahasa Indonesia in the education system as the means to reproduce children into the nation. We argue that the withdrawal of English as the medium of instruction policy was the result of the tension between these two different representations of national identity. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01