Non-linguistics Problems in Teaching of Indonesian Language

There are two kinds of problems in the teaching of a language, namely: linguistic and non-linguistic problems. These two problems must be handled in balance so that the teaching of language can reach the objective optimally. It is a fact that the non-linguistic problem is not yet seen as a problem in the teaching of a language. Every strategy of a language teaching is done entirely in order to handle the linguistic problems. The consequence of strategies which neglect non-linguistic problems is a less satisfactory result of the language teaching. There are some non-linguistic problems in the teaching of Bahasa Indonesia, some of them are elaborated in this paper, namely: (i) the interlanguage contact in Indonesia, (ii) the attitude of Indonesian people to Bahasa Indonesia, (iii) feeling that Bahasa Indonesia has been spoken well, (iv) legal sanction to those who look down upon Bahasa Indonesia is unavailable yet. (v) teaching materials, especially teaching materials of other than Bahasa Indonesia pay less attention to good and right language, and (vi) not many people can be followed as example in speaking Bahasa Indonesia.