If he can’t communicate with people, it’ll be a big problem.”“Sometimes they look down on people who don’t speak English,” she said.“If we don’t regulate them, in the long run this could be dangerous for the continuity of our language,” said Mr. Suyanto, who like many Indonesians uses one name.
Last year, a woman, whose father is Indonesian and her mother American, was crowned Miss Indonesia despite her poor command of Indonesian. “If this big country doesn’t have a strong language to unite it, it could be dangerous.”“These schools operate here, but don’t offer Bahasa to our citizens,” said Suyanto, who oversees primary and secondary education at the Education Ministry.It is a sight often seen in this city’s malls on weekends: Indonesian parents addressing their children in sometimes halting English, followed by nannies using what English words they know.The global spread of English, with its sometimes corrosive effects on local languages, has caused much hand-wringing in many non-English-speaking corners of the world. More than 170 million people speak Indonesian around the world. Juli Simatupang, EF Director for Corporate Affairs, said the level of English proficiency is still low in Indonesia. Neither the language with the most native speakers (Javanese) nor the language of the former European colonial power (Dutch) was to be adopted. Using the "ter-" prefix, implies a state of being. In extreme cases, people take pride in speaking Indonesian poorly.The government recently announced that it would require all private schools to teach the nation’s official language to its Indonesian students by 2013. Finally, most Indonesian words are spelled phonetically, creating problems with learning the inconsistent, almost random way in which many English words are spelled. She can speak Fair English and understand some Basic Mandarin. Without these skills nations only have limited advantage of the freer flow of trade and services because the difficulty of communicating can undermine the flow of trade and investments.Indonesia ranks 32nd - from a total of 72 countries surveyed - with a score of 52.91 points.
He lives in Indonesia. While Indonesian is spoken as a mother tongue by only a small proportion of the population (i.e. Lastly, the English language skills of Indonesian teachers is also limited, especially when further away from the bigger cities.The Proficiency Index compiled by English First (EF) is a good indicator to measure English language proficiency in nations across the world as this index is known as the world's largest ranking of English skills.Globalization and free market conditions (such as the ASEAN Economic Community), offer opportunities to enhance the exchange of goods and services between countries.