English Prestige in Indonesia in The Light of Diglossia
| Main Author: | Yudhistira, Vincentius Stevian |
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| Other Authors: | Rudianto, Christian, Isharyati, Neny |
| Format: | Thesis application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS-UKSW
, 2015
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.uksw.edu/handle/123456789/5496 |
Daftar Isi:
- Recently the government made a policy that removes English from primary school‟s curriculum. The government said that the reason behind this policy is because English has become more prestigious than Bahasa Indonesia. The present study investigates English prestige in Indonesia using Ferguson‟s (1959) typical diglossic distribution table by distributing questionnaires to 5 universities in Java that represent all university students in Indonesia. The result was compared to Ferguson‟s (1959) typical diglossic distribution table. The result indicates that English have not yet reached higher prestige than Bahasa Indonesia in Indonesia. The main reason is because after comparing the gained data and Ferguson‟s (1959) typical diglossic distribution table, most of the participant chose that English is rarely used in the given domains. The result can be used for consideration to the government‟s policy in removing English subject from elementary school.