Elementary English education in Indonesia: Policy developments, current practices, and future prospects

With a current figure reaching more than 26 million (Kementrian, 2015), Indonesia is second after China in terms of the number of children learning English as a foreign language in elementary schools. This paper examines the development of elementary English education in Indonesia, and shows that it...

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Classrooms
Cultural values
Culture
Curricula
Education
Education policy
Elementary education
Elementary schools
English as a second language instruction
English teachers
Foreign language learning
Language acquisition
Neighborhoods
Parents & parenting
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Students
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