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“I start learning English through speaking”: Social agency demand and inter-school readiness for Indonesian young English learners
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In: Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 218-225 (2020) (2020)
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Preserving Indonesian as a national identity and institutional readiness to perform the national curriculum 2013 instruction has become a critical factor in the exclusion of English as a compulsory subject at the elementary school level. This leaves rooms for teachers’ confusion and creativity, leading to various practices at different school clusters, depending on parental demands and school readiness. This study thus tries to cast light on the social agency demand and inter-school readiness for young learners in the Indonesian EFL pedagogical contexts. This instrumental case study portrays the practices of English language teaching at three clusters of Indonesian primary schools; local, national, and independent, as well as responses of parents and students to these practices. Involving 4-6 grade students and English teachers of six primary schools, the data were garnered through classroom observation, interviews, and document analysis. The findings revealed that although teaching English to young learners is somehow communicative and fun, it more emphasises literacy skills (reading, writing, and grammar), particularly at local schools as the majority cluster across the country. Since English is a non-phonetic language, this literacy-focused practice is rather contradictory to what parents as social agencies expect, that is, to develop their children’s English oral proficiency. The study also offers ways by which teachers and schools can accommodate this social agency’s needs for speaking skills by focusing more on student-centred and oral English proficiency activities and assessment.
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english for young learners; interschool readiness; Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar; LC8-6691; P101-410; social agency demand; speaking skill; Special aspects of education
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URL: https://doi.org/10.17509/ijal.v10i1.25062
https://doaj.org/article/bf3736cb3aa54856b0596725fe03e3f5
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Dialogic supervision: Investigating supervision practices of English pre-service teachers in a professional training program (PLP)
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In: Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 434-442 (2019) (2019)
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Thinking critically while storytelling: Improving children’s HOTS and English oral competence
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In: Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 189-197 (2018) (2018)
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IN HOUSE TRAINING (IHT) MODEL TO IMPROVE THE ABILITIES OF ENGLISH TEACHERS IN DEVELOPING TEACHING MATERIALS
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In: Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 37-43 (2015) (2015)
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A Semiotic Analysis of Cyber Emoticons (A Case Study of Kaskus Emoticons in the Lounge Forum at Kaskus-the Largest Indonesian Community)
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In: K@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 37-50 (2011) (2011)
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