SIGEH ELT : Journal of Literature and Linguistics
Vol 1, No 1 (2021): SIGEH ELT: Journal of Literature and Linguistics

The use of English in Indonesia: Status and Influence

Gali Alrajafi (Universitas Muhammadiyah Lampung)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Mar 2021

Abstract

This research is a qualitative research which aims to describe the state of the use of English in Indonesia, in terms of language status and its influence on Indonesian society. To realize the purpose of this paper, the authors collected several news stories from national websites (such as Republika, Tribun News, detikNews, ANTARA, and Tempo) regarding the use of English in Indonesia as data that is explained and interpreted by descriptive qualitative analysis. The results of the study show that English is common and has massive use, even though it is still a foreign language. In fact, English has moved to improve its linguistic status, namely starting to act as a second language and the language of instruction.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ELt

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education

Description

Journal SIGEH is referred journal dedicated to the publications of research in the areas of Language, Literature, and Culture. In the field of Language, it covers issues in Applied Linguistics such as Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, ...