Name : Rahmawati

NIM : 5421120036
Class : 4A Agroteknologi
Assignment : Journal Review
 The Status and Function of English in Indonesia: A Review of
Title
Key Factors
Author Name Allan Lauder
Publication Year 2008
Source Makara, Sosial Humaniora, Vol. 12, No 1 Juli 2008; 9-20
To describe and explain the status and function of English in
Research Purpose Indonesia today, setting this in its historical, political, socio-
cultural and linguistic context.
The research method used is to explore the use of English in
Method Indonesia, starting from history, use in education, and problems
that exist in the function and status of English in Indonesia.
It is widely recognized that English is important for Indonesia and
the reason most frequently put forward for this is that English is a
global or international language.
In Indonesia, although English has no wide use in society, is not
used as a medium of communication in official domains like
government, the law courts, and the education system, and is not
accorded any special status in the country’s language legislation, it
is still seen as a priority, as the most important of the foreign
languages to be taught.
English is one of a number of foreign languages which have been
in use for some time or which are coming to be taught. These
include Dutch, Arabic, English, German, French, Japanese, and
latterly,
There are a number of ways that foreign languages can be
Things and Discussion distinguished from one another, for example where they are
primarily used. A language can have a number of uses, such as a
means of daily social interaction, a medium of instructions in
education, or as a means of political or media communication.
English has a special status among the foreign languages. It was
chosen as the language of wider communication in the immediate
post-independence period and is presently the only foreign
language which is a compulsory subject in schools.
The status of English as the ‘first’ foreign language. The need for
English as a language of international communication exists in
complementary distribution to that of Indonesian as a language of
national unity. In Indonesia, the success of the national language,
which has developed from modest beginnings to be able to meet