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English Language Teaching in Indonesia : Problems, Challenges, and Prospects

1.    Introduction

English is the most important language to be learnt because the majority in the world use this language in almost every aspect of their life. Teaching English to Indonesians means teaching other language, because of foreign language Indonesians has many problems in learning this language. The problems that they face vary in TEFL (Teaching English as Foreign Language), including students motivation, teacher professionalism, and curriculum changes. In addition, English is also used as a language of international communication in globalization era and becomes one of the challenges for Indonesians to compete in it. The majority could compete in this era through English because it might help them in finding jobs. As Thakur (2013) claims that, The people who have proficiency in this language could access large number of jobs and career in many national and international organizations. As a result, English could help the majority in developing world, success in academic affairs, and obtaining International job opportunities.This paper describes English teaching in Indonesia and covers three issues, Indonesians’ problems in TEFL, challenges that hinder the process of teaching English, and prospects of teaching English language.


Reference :
Thakur, J. (2013). Challenges and Prospects in Teaching of English at Elementary School Level. 72-83.

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